Don’t treat me as criminal, says Internet fraud suspect

Detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, had a good laugh, after a young man walked into the police station and claimed that his friend was a kidnapper and fraudster. 

The laughter, however, started after police discovered that the complainant was also a fraudster, whose friend duped of money defrauded from an American.
The complainant, Henry Simon, 38, wanted the police to arrest his partner, Kenneth Okogba 31, alias Biggie, for disappearing with the money conned from the American via the Internet.
His complaint led to the smashing of the syndicate, arrest of seven suspects, including Simon. It became clear he didn’t think his plan through. Angry over his arrest, Simon insisted that defrauding people via the Internet was not a crime. He spat: “Yahoo-yahoo is just a creative means of making money.
Police should release me; I’m not a criminal. I shouldn’t be treated as one!” Simon took the crazy steps to the police station, after he conned $7090, equivalent of N2,2546,20, from an American named Mr. Sesebegude via Internet. He told Okogba to go to the bank and pick the money. The money was to be shared 70-30, between Simon and Okogba. Simon, who is the ‘catcher,’ would collect 70 percent, Okogba, the picker, would sail home with 30 percent.
The deal, however, went awry after Okogba got greedy. Okogba picked the money and bolted. After several frustrating attempts to get his share of the money failed, Simon went to the SCID, to lodge a complaint against Okogba, forgetting he too was culpable. Okogba, 31, confessed to have duped people through Facebook, by promoting none existing lotto.https://newtelegraphonline.com/dont-treat-criminal-says-internet-fraud-suspect/