Fake foreign currency counterfeiters arrested
Members of syndicate counterfeiters of foreign currencies, especially the dollar were on Tuesday arrested at Swiss Pearl Continental Hotel, Koforidua Street, in the Wuse 2 Area of Abuja, Nigeria Capital
Penpushing reports that the arrest of the suspects was a joint operation of the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
The Head Media, Publicity of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement said the four suspects usually sold counterfeited foreign currencies to unsuspecting members of the public.
Penpushing further reports that, the agency spokesman disclosed that fake currencies of United States of America (USA) dollar worth $427,400 were recovered from the suspects during the arrest.
‘The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested members of a syndicate who specialize in counterfeiting foreign currencies, especially the dollar, for sale to unsuspecting members of the public’, Uwujaren said.
‘Acting on verified intelligence, the commission in a joint operation with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested four members of the syndicate on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Swiss Pearl Continental Hotel, Koforidua Street, in the Wuse 2 Area of Abuja with $427,400 fake United States Dollars’, he added.
‘The suspects include a woman, Princess Fashanu Adesina. Others are John Ogbaje, Emmanuel Bassey and Chidi Nwanchukwu. They volunteered useful statements which eventually led to the arrest of the syndicate’s kingpin, one Chief Douglas Mbonu on Tuesday, December 14, 2021’
Penpushing further reports that, Uwujaren in the statement said the commission warned members of the public to be wary of the activities of fraud syndicates masquerading as Bureau de Change operators, seeking to exploit the desperation of some citizens sourcing for forex for various purposes to defraud them of their hard-earned monies.
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