The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a man, Dr. Kunle Adeshola, for issuing a forged draft to the tune of N3.29bn in a phoney land deal.
The EFCC said Adeshola presented himself as Director, Corporate and Management Service, Amazon Inc; and entered into a contract with Atkan Services Nigeria Limited for the purchase of 50 units of flats in Abuja.
The anti-graft agency spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said, “The director subsequently presented a bank draft no 081758 in the sum of $19,930,900 purportedly drawn by Deutsche Bank in favour of Infinity Trust Savings and Loans Limited.
“But the draft was returned unpaid after Stanbic IBTC Bank discovered that it was forged and reported the fraud to the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“The apex bank consequently reported the matter to the EFCC.”
Uwujaren said the suspect had earlier been arrested and prosecuted by the EFCC for impersonating an Assistant Commissioner of Police.
He added that the charges were struck on the grounds that they were not related to financial crimes.
EFCC spokesperson said the suspect would be charged to court for the new crime.
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