COVID-19: Two Nigerians arrested for ‘defrauding German company of €2.3m’

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The Cybercrime Unit of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja has arrested two suspects for their alleged complicity in a major multi-million Euro scam touching on the procurement of COVID-19 Personal Prot

ective Equipment.

The suspects, Babatunde Adesanya a.k.a Teddy, 50 years old Master degree holder in Cell Biology and Akinpelu Hassan Abass, 41 years old, the M.D Musterpoint Investment Nig. Ltd. It added, “The arrest of the suspects was sequel to a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty received by the Bureau from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice conveying a request from the German Government for investigations into a fraudulent transaction on the procurement of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment linked to a Nigerian-based Bank Account.

“Disturbed by the non-arrival of the PPEs, Mr Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn eventually visited the corporate office of ILBN Holdings BV in Holland to inquire reasons for the delay in supplying the items only to find out that the company never did business with him and that the transaction was a scam. The fraudsters merely cloned the company’s website and falsely presented themselves as representatives of the company before subsequently executing the fraudulent transaction.

 

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