A banker whose greed lured him to attempt to carry out money ritual ended up in the hands of some fraudsters who swindled him of $20, 000.
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Olukolu Shina who made this known Monday, revealed that his command arrested the syndicate that specializes in defrauding unsuspecting victims seeking money rituals.
Shina, made the disclosure while parading some suspects at the Command Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.
According to the commissioner, “three members of the syndicate were arrested after defrauding a banker (name withheld) who works at a new generation bank in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
“The victim, having been hypnotized, was defrauded of a huge sum of money, both in local and foreign currencies to the tune of over N16 million by the fraudsters who promised to double the money for him.
“The victim, out of desperation, believed the suspect and fraudulently obtained the sum of USD 20,000 from Treasure Harmony Bureau De Change in Ibadan through his wife and thereafter went underground.
“The victim, who is a bank cashier, also secretly stole some hard currencies from the vault of the bank in his quest to get rich quickly,” the CP said.
Shina said discrete investigation conducted by the operatives of the command following the report of the incident led to the arrest of the three members of the fraudulent syndicate at their hideout in Osogbo.
The CP said the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.