Press Release
A suspected fraudster, Adekunle Balogun a.k.a Malan Salihu, has been
arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over fraudulent
dealings involving the sum of $1million USD.
The 44- year- old Ordinary Diploma certificate holder in Textile and
Polymer Technology was picked up by operatives of the Commission in Lagos for
allegedly duping one Precious Chukwuma Emelue of N100, 000,000.00 (One Hundred
Million Naira only) by deceiving him into believing that, he would assist him
in retrieving a sum of $1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars) from a
Pakistani bank: Kan-Cern Limited, which payment was allegedly stopped by the
International Monetary Fund, IMF.
And after much deliberation, they both agreed to work together on a
business. Emelue would provide land for a fish processing factory in Nigeria
and space for the development of fish ponds. Emelue claimed that Kandoharty
sent him a mail informing him of a deposit of $1,000,000.00 into Kan -Cern
Limited. It was this fund, allegedly stopped by IMF, which Balogun made him
believe he could pull out for him.
In the course of his dealings with Emelue, Balogun allegedly obtained money in different instalments from him "to obtain certificates from authorities" handling drug, anti-terrorism and money laundering issues.
The suspect is also alleged to have impersonated the Executive Chairman
of the EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde and used his name to extort his victim. But Balogun
denies that he impersonated the EFCC Chair.
"I didn't call myself Lamorde. What I told him was that Lamorde was
a Lion and I'm the only tiger that can approach him", he said.
Several items were recovered from him during a search of his house. They
include documents bearing the names of the State Security Service, SSS; Central
Bank of Nigeria, CBN; and Insurance companies among others.
Balogun would be charged to court as soon as
investigation is concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
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