Police arrest man for using ‘juju’ to defraud POS operators
Police in Anambra state have arrested a member of a syndicate which specialises in using charms to defraud point-of-sale (POS) operators in the state.
State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who disclosed this in a statement, Thursday, said the Command apprehended the prime suspect, Chisom Nweke, 26, a resident of Umuawulu in the Awka South Local Government Area, at the Amawbia junction.
Furthermore, Ikenga claimed the suspect admitted to defrauding POS operators in and around Awka by deploying charms.
In addition, he said that the arrest was made on September 15, 2022, around 9 am, but his other gang members were on the run.
It is reported that the suspect armed with charms cuts plain white papers to the size of naira notes which he gives to POS operators to deposit in an account.
The operators only realize that the supposed money are mere papers, after they have transferred money to accounts he supplies.
Ikenga said efforts are in place to arrest his other gang members.
Just a few months ago, a 29-year-old commercial motorcyclist narrated how he used an online application to defraud POS operators. POS operators now have to go through several steps to verify the claims of users.
