Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Segun Gabriel for allegedly defrauding a Point-of-Sale (POS) operator in Ogun State.
According to the polic, Mr Gabriel is “a rogue and a vagabond who specialises in transferring money out of POS accounts using fake alert.”
Gabriel who was arrested on October 6, 2023, has now been detained at the Ajuwon Divisional Police headquarters in the Ifo Local Government Area of the State.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, in a statement said Gabriel on October 5, transacted the sum of N40,000 with the victim, “which resulted into a fake inter-bank transfer,” but the POS operator did not notice the loss.
Gabriel on October 6 was said to have returned to the same operator to transact the sum of N35,000.
“The victim did not notice the fraud the second time until after the criminal had disappeared into thin air.
“While the victim was on her lawful activities on same date, at about 1630hrs, she was lucky to have sighted the suspect under the bridge in Akute, she raised the alarm attracting passersby who assisted her in arresting Segun Gabriel,” Odutola explained.
The PPRO noted that men of the force after being contacted swung into action, with Segun arrested and taken to the station.
She added that the suspect is “presently in the police custody giving vital information to the police on how to arrest his accomplices.”
