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.
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