{"id":22450,"date":"2018-03-23T00:35:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=22450"},"modified":"2018-03-23T00:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:35:04","slug":"police-nabs-26-year-old-fake-greek-embassy-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/police-nabs-26-year-old-fake-greek-embassy-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Nabs 26-Year-Old Fake Greek Embassy Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Folake Sokoya<\/p>\n

The Lagos State Police Command has dismantled what it described as a major fraud haven, situated at No. 48, Allen Avenue, Ikeja and operated by a 26-year-old cyber criminal cum fraud kingpin, Samuel Olowobola Gboyega.<\/p>\n

His arrest followed a petition addressed to the Commissioner of Police (CP),\u00a0Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, by one Antonio Kaplanis of the Embassy of Greece, Abuja, alleging that the suspect had fraudulently obtained huge sums of money from\u00a0unsuspecting Nigerians seeking visa to travel to Europe by claiming to be\u00a0an employee of the Embassy of Greece with a mandate to make visa\u00a0 procurement easy for applicants.<\/p>\n

Sequel to the above,\u00a0 the CP Lagos deployed crack detectives from the State Intelligence Bureau\u00a0 (SIB)\u00a0 to fish out the culprit and his partners in crime.<\/p>\n

The detectives swung into action immediately the order was given. They located the suspect’s hideout and carried out a sting operation on him. During the operation,\u00a0some Nigerian passports, laptops and other visa related documents were recovered from the criminal’s operating theatre.<\/p>\n

Further scrutiny of the laptop confirmed that there were documents in the notepad that had different embassy visas and their respective price tags.<\/p>

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It was also seen that the\u00a0said Samuel Olowobola Gboyega made false presentations through\u00a0publications on his website:\u00a0www.kukutravels.com<\/a>, attaching the name\u00a0of\u00a0Embassy of Greece to it.<\/p>\n

The suspect denied the allegation .<\/p>\n

The CP noted with sadness that the activities of the young man had dented the image of the nation and greatly embarrassed the Embassy of Greece in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

He warned people behind this kind of crime to have a rethink\u00a0or have the law to contend with.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the suspect has been charged to Ikeja Magistrate Court 2 to face the consequences of his action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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