The
Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) has arrested some members of internet fraud syndicate
that specialized in defrauding unsuspecting wealthy foreign women who are in
dire need of husbands.
A
petition which was received via the Unit’s e-mail from one of such victims, a
US citizen resident in New Jersey alleged that sometime in April 2013, she met
the 2nd suspect Henry Chinedu Ogu on a dating site and both started
a relationship which lasted for months until the suspect manipulated and made
her to believe that he was in trouble in Nigeria and needed some financial
assistance. She further stated that she
sent the sum of $350,000.00 US Dollar to the two account numbers provided by
the suspect. The account numbers were
Sky Bank Account Number 36204796 and Ecobank account No. 04087350 belonging to Faneece
Business Services International.
Police
investigation showed that the account holder is one Yunusa Okonkwo of No. A1
Giwa Road, U/Muazu Kaduna where he was subsequently arrested. His arrest led to the arrest of the principal
suspect, Henry Chinedu Ogu.
Yunusa
Okonkwo a 42year old from Amuri Nkanu West LGA of Enugu State, is a patent
medicine dealer that runs a Bureau De Change. He confessed that he is the
account holder of Faneece Business Services International and admitted that he
provided his two bank accounts for the illicit transactions. He also stated that the 2nd
suspect. Henry provided him with his account number where he transferred the
money after converting it to Naira. The
account detail is Diamond Bank account No. 0021206871 with account name Raydeus
Synergy Nigeria Limited. He also added
that he always deduct his commission of N2.00
per Dollar before paying in the money.
Henry
Chinedu Ogu is 29years old from Amafor – Ishingwa Umuahia, Abia State. He claimed to be one of the Directors of a
company called Raydeus Synergy Nigeria Limited. He confessed to the alleged crime that he
sent the account details of the 1st suspect to the victim who in
turn paid the sum of $295,000.00 Dollars into the account which the 1st
suspect Yunusa converted to Naira before paying into his Diamond Bank. He corroborated the Complainant’s statement
that they met on a dating site last year January 2013 and started communicating
and exchanging e-mails. He also
confessed that he deceived the victim into believing that he wanted to marry
her but was stranded in Nigeria and needed financial assistance. He further admitted that he had spent all the
money, that he used N9million to
purchase a heavy duty generating plant which Police had recovered. Also he purchased a plot of land for N800,000.00 along Lagos – Ibadan
Expressway. The cash sum of N2million was also recovered from him.
Investigation
is on-going. Effort is being intensified
towards the recovery of the remaining monies fraudulently obtained from the
Complainant or the proceeds thereof.
Suspects
will be charged to Court to serve as a deterrent to others.
The
Commissioner of Police, SFU, CP Umar Farouk Idris uses this medium to reassure
the public of the Unit’s commitment to fight internet fraudsters and advises
that such cases should be promptly reported through the Unit e-mail addresses:
DSP NGOZI
ISINTUME-AGU
Police Public Relations
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