Police arrested two men who specialize in
defrauding car dealers in Lagos by issuing fake
bank cheques and fake bank alerts, Vanguard
reports.
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 Vanguard, 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.
