Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended a man for a N120m fraud.
The suspect, identified as Glory Samuel, a 34-year-old was alleged to have been defrauding a businessman.
Confirming the arrest in a press statement, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil on Wednesday said the operatives followed a complaint lodged on April 1, 2024 regarding suspicious withdrawals totaling N2,068,000 from a complainant’s company bank account.
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Wakil said,
“Acting under the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed, the State Intelligence Department promptly investigated the case.
“Their meticulous efforts revealed that the suspect had unlawfully withdrawn a significant amount of N120m from the complainant’s bank account.”
“During interrogation, Glory Samuel admitted to betraying the trust of his neighbour with whom he had shared a market space for over 15 years.
Samuel disclosed that a friend he had met at the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi in 2011, before dropping out of Computer Science, convinced him that he could make money by accessing a wealthy individual’s phone. Exploiting the complainant’s trust, Samuel deceitfully borrowed the phone, allowing his accomplice to install financial applications such as Opay and MoneyPoint.
“This access enabled them to transfer the funds to different bank accounts on various occasions.”
Some items recovered from the suspect include eight tricycles, N35,000,000 in cash, two uncompleted buildings, 60 bags of cooking charcoal, 30 bags of fertilizer, two motorcycles, and two industrial sewing machines were recovered from the suspect.
