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See Faces Of Four Young Boys Engaged In Fraud

Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting

OPERATIVES of Decoy Squad led by ASP Julius Robinson of the Delta State Police Command, have arrested four young boys  fraud syndicate in the state.

The suspects were arrested upon a credible intelligence on the activities of the syndicate who allegedly specializes in defrauding unsuspecting victims of their money.

The operatives, according to Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, stormed Ogwashi-Uku town on January 22 at about 8:00a.m and arrested the suspects.

See Faces Of Four Young Boys Engaged In Fraud

ATM cards seized from them

The suspects were identified as Allison Louis, 27, who’s a native of Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State and Sunday David, 22, who hails from Oturkpo in Benue State.

Also arrested were 20-year-old Peter Akagbai from Umuokwe Quarters of Ogwashi-Uku and one Chibuzor Elumeze, 23, from Ogbenta-Obi Quarters in Ogwashi-Uku.

In a statement signed by DSP Edafe, items allegedly found in their possession included one tricycle and 15 assorted bank ATM cards.

“During the course of the investigation, the suspects confessed to a series of fraud committed within Ogwashi-uku and Asaba metropolis with POS operators and filling stations as their major victims.

“The suspects stated that they go to filling stations, POS operators and super markets, purchase items and also make withdrawals with the ATM cards and then call their banks and give a false complaint that the transaction was not successful.

“The banks, without due investigation, will then wrongly debit the victims and credit the accounts of the suspects.

“They have, so far, defrauded their various victims several millions of naira. Investigation is ongoing,” the police image maker noted.

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