matrimonial fraud

A 28-year-old man has been arrested in Gurgaon for allegedly raping a woman over several months after befriending her on a matrimonial website with the promise of marriage. The accused, Nadeem Khan, also faces a similar case and was wanted by police. He confessed to sexually exploiting women met online under the guise of marriage.

A woman from Andhra Pradesh has accused a Rohtak man of duping her of Rs 40 lakh and sexually exploiting her after a fake marriage arranged via a matrimonial website. She claims he posed as an Arya Samaj follower and performed a symbolic wedding. The accused allegedly took the money for a house and later disappeared.

Cyber crime sleuths have found a disturbing trend, information technology (IT) professionals falling prey to online matrimonial frauds."Nearly, 50% of victims of matrimonial frauds are from the IT background.

A 30-year-old woman con artist was arrested on Wednesday for matrimonial fraud and cheating an NRI family of Rs 1.5 lakh. Koram Archana, who hails from Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and staying at Leela Nagar, Begumpet, was arrested by the Cyberabad cyber crime police. According to cops, she was earlier arrested for a similar fraud and was incarcerated at the Chanchalguda jail for over five months.