Rivers Police nab fraudster who specialises in fake alert

<p>.Police begin clampdown on touts, extortionists</p>, <p>The Rivers State Police Command has disclosed that its operatives have apprehended a man identified as Precious Frank who specialises in defrauding Point of Sale (POS) operators in Port Harcourt City Local Council and environs.</p>, <p>This was even as the Lagos State Police Command yesterday announced that it has set up an enforcement team with the mandate to raid spots that have been identified as notorious in extorting truck drivers and other motorists.</p>, <p>The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emake Nwonyi, while parading Frank alongside other suspects at the Command’s headquarters, said luck ran against the suspect who hails from Bakana community in Degema Local Council of the state on Tuesday, August 1, this year, after a victim, Wale Alabi, laid a complaint to the Borikiri Police Division that the suspect swindled him of N100, 000 with a fake transfer.</p>, <p>Nwoyi said: “Following a complaint from one Wale Alabi ‘M’ of Pepple Avenue UPE Borikiri, Police operatives from the command arrested one Precious Frank ‘M,’ of Bakana Community Degema LGA, Rivers State.</p>, <p>“The suspect specialised in generating fake alerts from the app, and uses the same to defraud innocent POS operators and shopkeepers.</p>, <p>“Luck ran against him as he cleverly went to the complainant’s shop, did a transaction of N100, 000 and generated a fake alert message, and immediately disappeared from the area.</p>, <p>“On receiving the complaint, a thorough and diligent investigation was carried out, which led to the arrest of the suspect and the unravelling of the techniques adopted by the fraudsters to defraud the unsuspecting victims.”</p>, <p>Nwonyi further added that the suspect has given detailed information that would lead to the arrest of other members of the gang.</p>, <p>“The fake App will always display successful transactions to confuse their victims without remitting the money to the victim’s account. Pragmatic efforts are being put into ensuring that othe