An Indian national, Amit Kumar Uphandhay has been declared wanted by security agencies for allegedly duping a Nigerian pharmaceutical merchants.
Mr. Uphandhay is said to have swindled unsuspecting businessmen a whooping sum of about three million Dollars.
According to credible source, “He swindled a Nigerian business man based in Kano $750,000 and an Onitsha based pharmaceutical merchant based at head bridge market Onitsha the sum of $485,000.
He also defrauded another trader at Idumota, Lagos $685,000.” a victim revealed.
It was also gathered that the 46 year old suspect was said to have defrauded his Nigerian victims over three million Dollars and that he is also owing Indian factories to the tune of over nine million Dollars.
The Indian fraudster in each case was said to have presented himself as a supplier of pharmaceutical products and took his victims to several factories in India after collecting money from the victims, will then send a fake bill of ladings only for the victims to wait for ever for the original bill of ladings which he never provided for them.
“There have been several complaints about his activities from his victims to the Interpol and Indian Police Authority and each time he was arrested he normally write an undertaking to supply the goods, which he never fulfilled thereby prompting the Interpol to declare him wanted on account of several frauds
Mr Paul Ejiogu of Puremedi Pharmaceutical Ltd, Idumota, Lagos State, who is also a victim urged Nigerian business community to be weary of the activities of the Indian who according to him has become notorious for fraud.
He also called on the relevant law enforcement agencies to expedite action on bringing Amit Kumar Uphandhay to book so as to prevent many other unsuspecting Nigerians from falling prey to him, he concluded.
