Operatives of the Special
Fraud Unit, SFU, in Ikoyi,
Lagos, have arrested a
24-year-old Nigerian man
who was said to have
posed as a lady to
defraud a United States of
America couple of
$42,497, purportedly for
the purchase of a property
in Lagos. In his
confession, the crook
said:
“I posed as Janet on
the Facebook, using
a white woman’s
photograph . I told
the couple that I was
an estate manager
and convinced them
to buy property in
Lagos. Since they
have not been to
Nigeria, they asked
us to meet elsewhere
and when I stumbled
on a business
conference that was
holding in Malasia, I
booked the meeting.
“On reaching
Malaysia, I told a
Facebook lady friend
to pose as Janet
after telling her what
to say . That was
how the deal was
struck and they paid
the dollar equivalent
of N3.4 million into
my account.
" I intended to use the
money to further my
studies because I am
determined to be a
graduate . I used part
of the money to
travel again to
Malaysia for leisure
in August."
The suspect, identified as
Olafinraye Adedamola,
confessed to the offence
while being paraded on
Thursday.
How he was arrested
According to a Vanguard
report, explaining how the
aluminum worker was
arrested, spokesperson for
the unit, Ngozi Isintume-
Agu, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police,
said: “An intelligence
report dated September
24, 2013 from Nigerian
Financial Intelligence Unit
(NFIU), Abuja addressed
to the Commissioner of
Police, Special Fraud Unit
(SFU) alleged that one
Olafinraye Adedamola
opened a USD Domiciliary
Account No.
273/6980678251/0 with
the Demurin, Ketu, Lagos
Branch of Sterling Bank
Plc and through
suspicious circumstances,
cumulative sum of USD
42,497 was paid into the
account by unsuspecting
victims abroad between
August 13, 2013 and
September 16, 2013.
“The suspected illicit
inflows were followed by
immediate cash
withdrawals by the
suspect who appeared to
have no known affiliation
with the international
depositors.
“SFU operatives swung
into action and
investigation carried out
on the domiciliary account
revealed that $18,129.92
is still left in the account
and a lien was
immediately placed on the
account.
“The suspect was traced
to his house at 7, Agidi
Road, Oshogun, Alapere,
Ketu, Lagos but he
evaded police arrest and
his father, a proprietor of
a moribund driving
school, feigned ignorance
of his son’s whereabouts.
However, the fleeing
suspect was later
apprehended by the
Police.
“Olafinraye Adedamola
who posed as a lady
named Janet was born in
1989 in Kosofe LGA Ketu,
Lagos.
“An artisan who trained in
construction of aluminum
but currently a driving
instructor in his father’s
moribund driving school
located in Ketu, Lagos
claimed he met a Nigerian
at a conference in
Malaysia who introduced
him to the victim who
requested that he
purchased property for
him in Nigeria which was
the basis for the
disbursement of the
money into his account
and that he had already
bought a building at
Ogba, Ikeja for N4 million
and that the documents
were with him.”
Olafinraye Adedamola
said, "My regret is that I
was caught at the end
because I used my
genuine data to open the
account. I guess it was
because it is my first
time.”
The suspect will be
charged to court soon
0 comments:
Post a Comment