New Delhi, June 26 -- The staff of IGI Airport Police arrested Iranian national Fatemah Akbari, who was involved in an ingenious currency swap fraud that duped a US citizen of $700 at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, officials said on Thursday.

According to FIR No. 447/25 dated June 21, 2025, registered at IGI Airport Police Station, the complainant Baldev Singh, a 70-year-old US citizen originally from Village Tanda, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, alleged that on June 20, 2025, while unloading luggage near Departure Gate No. 7 at around 10:45 pm, he was approached by a couple of Iranian nationals accompanied by a child.

The couple initiated a conversation and asked to see his Indian currency to show their child. Singh handed ...