By Okon Bassey
The police in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, have arrested two fraudsters over fake bank alert and a stolen vehicle.
The police in a statement issued yesterday, signed by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Odiko MacDon, said the two fraudsters were nabbed in different operations carried out by the state police command.
He explained that the police command on January 18, 2021, relying on credible information that a Lexus 330 car was bought with fake bank alert at Festac Town in Lagos State, trailed the car to Uyo through Abia State.
MacDon said in a coordinated operation, and utilising the instruments of intelligence-driven policing by the Anti- Cultism Unit of the police command, arrested one Emeka John Akuma of Abia State.
Police arrest two suspected fraudsters in Akwa Ibom
The police say the fraudsters allegedly use fake bank credit alerts to swindle their victims.
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The police in Akwa Ibom State said they have arrested two suspected fraudsters who allegedly use fake bank credit alerts to swindle their victims.
The police spokesperson in the state, Odiko MacDon, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Mr MacDon, a superintendent of police, said the police arrested one of the suspects, a Point of Sale (POS) operator, after he used a fake alert to defraud two of his customers of N200,000 at his POS stand, in Uyo.
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January 27, 2021
The police in Akwa Ibom State said they have arrested two suspected fraudsters who allegedly use fake bank credit alerts to swindle their victims.
The police spokesperson in the state, Odiko MacDon, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Mr MacDon, a superintendent of police, said the police arrested one of the suspects, a Point of Sale (POS) operator, after he used a fake alert to defraud two of his customers of N200,000 at his POS stand, in Uyo.
The police spokesperson said police operatives also arrested another suspect who bought a Lexus 330 saloon car in Lagos using fake bank alert.
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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested two men in Uyo for using fake bank alerts to make purchases and operate a POS in the State.
This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko MacDon on Wednesday in Uyo, the State Capital.
He said the two suspects Emeka Akuma, was arrested for buying a car with fake bank alerts while Moses Asuquo was arrested for defrauding his clients with fake bank alerts.
The statement noted that Akuma used the fake bank alerts to purchase a vehicle in Lagos which he brought to Uyo through Abia State with a fake number plate.
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The Police Command in Akwa Ibom says it has two suspected fraudsters who allegedly swindled their victims of various sums in the state.
The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Odiko MacDon, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday.
MacDon said that the suspects allegedly swindled their victims with fake bank credit alerts.
He said the Police arrested one of the suspects, a Point of Sale (POS) operator after he used fake alert to defraud two of his customers, Markson Mark Wisdom and Edidiong Samuel Robert of N200,000.00 at his POS stand, situated at Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo.