A suspected fraudster, Mr. Mr. Adekunle Balogun a.k.a Malan Salihu, 44, has been nabbed over $1million USD, equivalent to N1.68 million.
The suspect was arrested by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, over fraudulent dealings involving the sum of
$1million USD.
The suspect is also alleged to have impersonated the
Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde and used his name to extort his
victim. But Balogun denied that he impersonated the EFCC boss.
He said: "I didn't call myself Lamorde. What I
told him was that Lamorde was a Lion and I'm the only tiger that can approach
him."
Several items were recovered from Balogun during a
search of his house. They include documents bearing the names of the State
Security Service, SSS; Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN; and Insurance companies
among others.
The Ordinary Diploma certificate holder in Textile and
Polymer Technology was picked up by operatives of the Commission in Lagos for
allegedly duping one Precious Chukwuma Emelue of N100, 000,000.00 by deceiving
him into believing that, he would assist him in retrieving a sum of
$1,000,000.00 from a Pakistani bank: Kan-Cern Limited, which payment was
allegedly stopped by the International Monetary Fund, IMF.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said that Emelue claimed that, in 2012, he met one Mr. Perry Kandoharty (a Diplomat with the Pakistani High Commission) in Lagos. In the course of their discussions, Emelue told Kandoharty that he was widely experienced in deep sea fishing. And after much deliberation, they both agreed to work together on a business.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said that Emelue claimed that, in 2012, he met one Mr. Perry Kandoharty (a Diplomat with the Pakistani High Commission) in Lagos. In the course of their discussions, Emelue told Kandoharty that he was widely experienced in deep sea fishing. And after much deliberation, they both agreed to work together on a business.
Uwujaren said: “Emelue would provide land for a fish
processing factory in Nigeria and space for the development of fish ponds.
Emelue claimed that Kandoharty sent him a mail informing him of a deposit of
$1,000,000.00 into Kan -Cern Limited. It was this fund, allegedly stopped by
IMF, which Balogun made him believe he could pull out for him.”
In the course of his dealings with Emelue, Balogun allegedly obtained money in different instalments from him "to obtain certificates from authorities" handling drug, anti-terrorism and money laundering issues.
In the course of his dealings with Emelue, Balogun allegedly obtained money in different instalments from him "to obtain certificates from authorities" handling drug, anti-terrorism and money laundering issues.
Balogun
would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
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