Archive · 20 May 2025
Nigerian Man Used Garment Export as Fraud Scheme
A Nigerian man named Gabriel Onyeka, living in India illegally, was using a children's garment export business as a way to send money overseas that he stole through cybercrimes.
He would take money from victims, move it to different bank accounts, take some for himself, and use the rest to buy clothes.
He then sent the clothes to his criminal associates in Nigeria, who would sell them and keep the money.
He entered India on a medical visa in 2012 and overstayed.
Gabriel Onyeka, a Nigerian national, used a garment export business as a front for cyber fraud.
The export business involved children's garments.
He transferred funds stolen from cyber fraud victims to various bank accounts.
Onyeka sent garments to Nigeria, where his gang members sold them.
Onyeka entered India on a medical visa in 2012 and overstayed his visa.
- Who
- Gabriel Onyeka, a Nigerian national
- What
- Used a garment export business as a front for cyber fraud to transfer stolen funds.
- When
- Since 2012 (arrival in India), the timeframe of the cyber fraud is not specified.
- Where
- Vadodara, India and Nigeria
- Why
- To transfer money earned from cyber fraud to gang members in Nigeria.
- Accused
- Gabriel Onyeka
- Nationality
- Nigerian
- Fraud Type
- Cybercrime
- Method
- Garment Export Business Front
- Visa Type
- Medical Visa
- Arrival in India
- 2012
