The suspects include a woman, Princess Fashanu Adesina. Others are John Ogbaje, Emmanuel Bassey and Chidi Nwachukwu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said its operatives arrested members of a syndicate who specialised in counterfeiting foreign currencies, especially the dollar, for sale to unsuspecting members of the public.
This was revealed by the EFCC head of media and publicity, Wilson Uwajeren who said that the commission acting on verified intelligence 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.
The suspects include a woman, Princess Fashanu Adesina. Others are John Ogbaje, Emmanuel Bassey and Chidi Nwachukwu.
Uwajeren revealed that the arrested suspect volunteered useful statements which eventually led to the arrest of the syndicate’s kingpin, one Chief Douglas Mbonu on Tuesday, December 14, 2021.
Meanwhile, the EFCC 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.
EFCC, however, advised citizens to source their forex from commercial banks in line with the directives of the Central Bank of Nigeria to minimize the risk of exposure to fraud syndicates.
