Female fraudster nabbed in Lagos

By Bianca Iboma and Favour Gurah

A suspected female fraudster has been nabbed by operatives of  Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command.

The suspect, simply identified as Gladys, was arrested following a complaint by Nkiruka Okon that she defrauded her of  N7 million.

The suspect, who allegedly used a network platform to swindle unsuspecting victims, allegedly also duped another prominent woman of a whopping amount.

Gladys, on interrogation by the police, said: “I met Okon, a banker who reported me to the police  in Port Harcourt, in 2008. I did not mean evil. We were just friends then. Later in 2015, I marketed a product, Healthy Halogen Oven, to her. The product was imported into Nigeria by a network marketing company, Avenues to Wealth.

“As a network marketer and a partner to the company, my duty was to bring potential customers and partners into the business for a win-win profit-making, both for the customer and myself.

“I told Okon about the Healthy Oven, which was one of the products of Avenues to Wealth sold for N12,000 at company price. We agreed to partner in buying a large quantity of the product; Okon put together the financial capital, while I did the marketing and transportation of the product to the customers. Along the line, things did not work out well. It was not my intention to swindle her.”

The victim, Okon, said: “I got interested in the healthy oven marketing business and decided to go into partnership with Gladys, whom I had known for many years while I was in Port-Harcourt.

“We agreed to buy about 410 units of the oven from the company, where one sells for N12,000 and agreed to sell at the rate of N20,000. I made a deposit of N4,500,000 to Gladys’ account on the agreement that after sale I would get back N7.5 million plus the profit,  but she refused to stick to the agreement in our memorandum of understanding.

“When I called her, she refused to pick my calls and absconded for over one year. Then I realised I had been duped by the person I thought was my business partner. All efforts to persuade Gladys to pay my money proved abortive, as she continued to give me one excuse or another.

“In 2016, Gladys issued me a dud cheque  of N3 million, N2 million  and another N2 million, but  the cheques bounced.”

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