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The Canadian police force have arrested a man for alleged fraud.
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The man, a Nigerian was said to have super two victims of over $600,000 in Canada.
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The man was said to have faked his identity as oil rig owner which he used in dating platforms to lure unsuspecting victims.
A Nigerian man is currently being made to face the law, after being arrested and arraigned for alleged Internet fraud.
Daily Report Nigeria gathers that the 28-year-old accused, identified as Chimezie Nwabueze was arrested in Toronto, Canada for his alleged involvement in romance scam.
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Reports from the police revealed that the suspect, between June 2021 and July 2023 duped two victims of over $600,000 while ‘pretending to run an oil rig and needing money urgently’
Confirming the arrest in a statement released on Friday, May 2, the Peel Regional Police, PRP said the suspect stopped all communications with the victims after they confronted him.
He was arraigned on one count each of uttering forged documents, laundering proceeds of crime, participating in activities of criminal organization, and instructing commission of offence for criminal organization, as well as two counts each of fraud over $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime.
The investigation is ongoing, and the police has asked anyone with further information to contact PRP’s Fraud Bureau.
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