{"id":1000216,"date":"2022-02-22T16:31:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/22\/indian-man-arrested-for-swindling-18-women-he-married-to-scam-them\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T16:31:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:31:33","slug":"indian-man-arrested-for-swindling-18-women-he-married-to-scam-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/22\/indian-man-arrested-for-swindling-18-women-he-married-to-scam-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian man arrested for swindling 18 women; he married to scam them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article>\n<p>The world is still reeling from the Tinder Swindler; who scammed women in Europe posing as a rich tycoon. His shenanigans have been documented in a movie currently showing on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Enter Bibhu Prakash Swain; who not only woed and romanced his conquests; but went on to marry 18 of them in India.<\/p>\n<p>Swain allegedly believed in \u201csoulmates and true love;\u201d or so he told at least 18 women; who became his wives long enough; for him to con them and jump to the next.<\/p>\n<p>Swain had allegedly married and conned women across India; before his arrest; weeks before he married two more victims.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/9bc5e8062d824ffeb0e51b26beb2520d\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Grandpa Swain; used his diminutive structure into fooling his conquests into believing that he was a 51 year-old hunk when all he was; was a 67 year-old senior citizen.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police; in a status driven India; Swain took it one step further; by faking his credentials to become a doctor. This status allowed him to prowl the internet to persuade lonely professors; lawyers; medics and even a paramilitary officer; to tie the knot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bd6ffe850d4e4ce3a31e51c0c3b36ea6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He finnessed; a huge salary for himself; used fake ID cards and appointment letters; to bolster his credentials and family background.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to S<span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);\">enior Police Official; Sanjiv Satpathy; Swain <\/span>did all this to get his hands on his conquests\u2019 hard earned cash; and to romance them.<\/p>\n<p>After being married for a few days; Swain used to make excuses to borrow his new wives\u2019 money or jewellery; to help him with an emergency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Outside his fantasy life; Swain was married in 1978; with three children; two are doctors; while the other is a dentist. Swain was training as a lab technician; but dropped out; had a fallout with his family and moved town.<\/p>\n<p>Swain was burned by one of his disgruntled conquests; who smelt a rat; scrolled through his phone; found the other wives and contacted them; she then alerted the police. His arrest put an end to a decades long scam.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CdNNd5b505\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/news-eish\/3034554\/india-arrests-doctor-conman-who-married-18-women\/\">India arrests \u2018doctor\u2019 conman who married 18 women<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cIndia arrests \u2018doctor\u2019 conman who married 18 women\u201d \u2014 The Citizen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/news-eish\/3034554\/india-arrests-doctor-conman-who-married-18-women\/embed\/#?secret=CdNNd5b505\" data-secret=\"CdNNd5b505\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Please like share comment and follow me for more news.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: TingTong1105 (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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