Police
arrested two men who specialize in defrauding car dealers in Lagos by issuing
fake bank cheques and fake bank alerts.
The
suspects were nabbed on Tuesday, June 21, when one of their victims raised the
alarm when he discovered that an alert he got for the payment of the vehicle
sold to the suspects was fake.
According
to report, prior to their arrest yesterday, the suspects, who claimed they
were sent by their boss, had succeeded twice in issuing fake bank alerts and
stealing cars from dealers at car marts.
The
victim identified as Ifeanyi became suspicious of the transaction after he
allegedly received bank transaction alert for the payment of the vehicle. His
suspicion paid off after his assistant, who was sent to the bank to confirm the
payment, informed him that the said transaction did not reflect in their bank
account.
Another
car dealer, who spoke in confidence, said yesterday was not the first time
criminals were using fake bank alerts to purchase vehicles from the park and
getting away with it.
"God
has exposed them today." he said. "The last time it happened, the
bank server was down so they just allowed them to go. Later we found out that
it was a fake alert."
The
suspects, who were almost lynched by the dealers, confessed to have succeeded
with two vehicles sometime ago from the same New Way Park Berger, through same
fraudulent method.
They
were later taken to the police station. Lagos State Police spokesperson, SP
Dolapo Badmos, said the case was not reported at Kirikiri Police Division.
Source:
Vanguard
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