Henry (top) Yunusa(bottom)
The Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, has arrested a 29-year-old man
for allegedly operating an internet fraud syndicate that specializes in
defrauding unsuspecting wealthy foreign women who are in dire need of
husbands.
Henry Ogu, and his accomplice, Yunusa Okonkwo, 42, were arrested
after defrauding a New Jersey lady of US$350,000 (about N56 million) via
an internet dating site.Premuim Times reports
In a statement on Wednesday, the SFU
said that it received an e-mailed petition from a U.S. citizen, whom it
did not name, sometime in April 2013. The petitioner alleged that she
met Mr. Ogu on a dating site.
According to the petition, the couple
started a relationship which lasted for months until the Mr. Ogu
allegedly manipulated and made the lady 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 police said in the statement signed by Ngozi
Isintume-Agu, Police Public Relations Officer, SFU.
“The account numbers belonged to
Faneece Business Services International, owned by Mr. 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.”
Mr. Okonkwo, a native of Amuri Nkanu West local council of Enugu State, is a patent medicine dealer who runs a Bureau De Change.
He confessed that he is the account
holder of Faneece Business Services International, according to the
police, and admitted that he provided his two bank accounts for the
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 … 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, from Amafor – Ishingwa Umuahia, Abia State,
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 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 the 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.”
The police said that investigation has continued and the suspect would be charged to court soon.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: specialfraudunitlagos@yahoo.com sfulagos@yahoo.com info@specialfraudunit.org.ng,”
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