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VISA FRAUD! Lagos police arrest 26-year-old alleged visa racketeer and cybercriminal in Ikeja

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an alleged visa racketeer and cybercriminal, Samuel Olowobola Gboyega, after a petition by the Embassy of Greece.

Police Public Relations Officer, SP. Chike Oti, in a statement on Thursday, said Gboyega was arrested at his fraud haven at No. 48, Allen Avenue, Ikeja.

The 26-year-old’s arrest followed complaints to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, by one Antonio Kaplanis of the Embassy of Greece, Abuja.

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Kaplanis alleged that the suspect had fraudulently obtained huge sums of money from unsuspecting Nigerians seeking visas to travel to Europe, by claiming to be an employee of the Embassy of Greece with a mandate to make visa procurement easy for applicants.

Imohimi directed operatives to fish out the culprit. They located the suspect’s hideout and carried out a sting operation on him. During the operation, some Nigerian passports, laptops and other visa related documents were recovered from the criminal’s operating theatre.

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Further scrutiny of the laptop confirmed that there were documents in the notepad that had different embassy visas and their respective price tags.

It was also seen that the said Samuel Olowobola Gboyega made false presentations through publications on his website: www.kukutravels.com, attaching the name of Embassy of Greece to it. .

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The CP noted with sadness that the activities of the young man had dented the image of the nation and greatly embarrassed the Embassy of Greece in Nigeria.

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