Kolhapur: The Nigerian national arrested for cheating and attempt to cheat businessmen on the pretext of exchanging foreign currency notes can understand and can speak some Marathi, informed police on Thursday.The suspect, Anthony Oyemina, is currently in police custody for attempt to cheat a trader based in Ichalkaranji.“During investigation, we came to know that he (Oyemina) can speak and understand Marathi to some extent. The complainant also stated that he had conversed with him in Marathi along with Hindi and English,” a senior police officer said.“We are gathering information about how he learnt the language and whether he had visited Maharashtra earlier. We are also trying to find if he has cheated people other than those who have come forward,” he said.Explaining the modus operandi, the officer said that the accused used to identify a businessman and explain to him that due to strict rules about carrying cash from foreign countries he has carried notes covered in black paper and he needs Rs60 lakh to purchase the chemical to convert the papers into foreign currency.“He used to offer five times the return amounting to Rs3 crore. He even used to demonstrate how one can convert the black papers into currency notes in various denominations of dollar and Euro,” he said.

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