Two suspected worldwide fraudsters have been arrested by the Zone-2 Police Command in Lagos for allegedly specializing in forging international certificates in Lagos and Ghana.
The suspects, Elvis (23) and Kelly (24) tried to bribe the police with N66 million in alternate for his or her launch, however the supply was rejected by the police.
The Assistant Inspector Normal (AIG) in command of the Zone-2 Police Command, Adegoke Fayaode, confirmed the arrest to the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN).
Fayaode revealed that the suspects supplied the bribe to safe their freedom, prompting him to instruct his crew to interact with the suspects whereas sustaining a strategic strategy. Finally, the suspects paid the N66 million, which was collected by the detectives and retained as proof.
He additionally acknowledged that this was not the primary time Zone-2 operatives had turned down a bribe. In November, that they had beforehand rejected a good bigger bribe of N174 million from a unique suspect.
How the arrest unfolded
The arrest got here when detectives on the Anti-Corruption Unit acquired credible info from Nigerians within the diaspora a few group of people specializing within the forgery of international certificates.
- Performing on this tip, Fayaode instructed his crew to research and apprehend the suspects. The detectives traced the suspects to a five-star lodge in Osapa-London, Lekki, after monitoring their actions. The suspects had been arrested at a bus cease whereas trying to flee.
- Fayaode defined that Elvis and Kelly had been concerned in forging certificates from varied worldwide establishments, together with African universities, and defrauding unsuspecting victims on-line.
- The suspects used the proceeds from their fraudulent actions to accumulate unique automobiles and construct mansions throughout the nation.
Through the search of their baggage, police recovered a number of solid paperwork, together with
- A certificates from Blue Crest School in Ghana
- A pupil id card from Tutorial Metropolis School
- A transcript of a tutorial document from Blue Crest College
These paperwork had been linked to Elvis and Kelly, who later confessed to buying the solid paperwork by way of the assistance of a Nigerian lady residing in Ghana.
The suspects revealed that their major motive for buying these solid paperwork was to acquire Ghanaian residency permits, which they used to pose as college students at Tutorial Metropolis College admitting that that they had by no means been admitted to the establishment.
The suspects paid a complete of 26,000 Ghana Cedis for the paperwork, claiming they wanted them to keep away from arrest in Ghana, as that they had no reputable technique of livelihood.
Different fraudulent actions
Fayaode additional acknowledged that the suspects had been additionally concerned in an internet romance rip-off and supplied international bank accounts for fraudulent transactions, a apply they known as “Fb bombing.”
- They impersonated an American soldier named Captain Donald Rowe, claiming to be serving in Syria, to deceive and defraud harmless people on Instagram.
- The Nigerian Police have reached out to the Ghanaian embassy to collect extra details about the suspects’ operations and their international accomplices.
The police have additionally enlisted the assistance of Interpol to trace down the worldwide companions concerned within the fraud.
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