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A company
director, was one of the two person arrested for defrauding an American woman
millions of naira through a dating site.
The
Director, Henry Chinedu Ogu, 29, has been arrested by the Police Special Fraud
Unit (SFU). He was arrested alongside his accomplice Yunusa Okonkwo.
Detectives
working the case believed that the two suspects were part of some members of internet
fraud syndicate that specialized in defrauding unsuspecting wealthy foreign women
who are in dire need of husbands.
Ogu
was said to have a met an American woman on a dating site and made her to fall
in love with him, after which he promised to marry her.
The
bogus marriage proposal soon came to light after Ogu hood winked the woman into
sending money running to millions of naira and the severed communication.
He
used part of the money to generating set valued at N9m, bought land and other
items.
The
woman alleged that sometime in April 2013, she met Ogu on a dating site and
both started a relationship which lasted for months until the suspect convinced
her that he was in trouble in Nigeria and needed some financial assistance
desperately.
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.
Isintume-Agu
said: “Police investigation showed that the account holder is one Yunusa
Okonkwo of No. A1 Giwa Road, U/Muazu Kaduna. He was subsequently arrested. His arrest led to the arrest of the principal
suspect, Ogu.”
Okonkwo,
42, a patent medicine dealer who also runs a Bureau De Change, confessed that
he was 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 Ogu 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,” said the image maker.
She
continued: “Ogu claimed to be one of the Directors of a company called Raydeus
Synergy Nigeria Limited. He confessed
to the alleged crime, stating that he sent the account details of Okonkwo to
the victim who in turn paid the sum of $295,000.00 Dollars into the account
which Okonkwo converted to naira before paying into his Diamond Bank.”
Ogu
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.
The
spokesperson said that about N2million of
the victim’s money had been recovered.
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