Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the Force Intelligence Bureau, FIB, of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a notorious and serial fake bank alert fraudster Olaogun Babatunde for using fake bank alert to defraud a Nigerian of five million naira and another four point six million naira for the purchase of laptop computers.

Olaogun, a thirty-seven year old male from Ogbomosho, Oyo State graduated from University of Lagos in twenty-zero-eight who is popularly called by friends as evil genius because of his expertise in generating fake bank credit alert which he uses to defraud traders and others.

The suspect was previously arrested by the IRT Commander DCP Olatunji Disu led Rapid Response Squad, RRS, a unit of Lagos State Police Command in twenty-eighteen when he was alleged to have generated and used fake bank alert to buy laptop computers worth four point six million naira for a dealer one Kevin Otenuga.

The fact of the latest arrest of the fraudster in Abuja was that he met one Chidinma Vivian Okwenna through social network platform where they interacted and exchanged contacts.

But last December nineth he approached Chindima Vivian again at Wuse Zone 2 First Bank for five million naira new notes that his boss is in need of it.

Chindima Vivian immediately rallied round and was able to raise the sum of three point five million naira and handed it over to him and he subsequently generated fake bank credit alert of its equivalent through Zenith Bank acçounts and send it to her and immediately took excuse and rushed out of the bank claiming to have meeting with someone, after he stepped out of the bank he blocked the complainant from reaching him both on social platforms and mobile networks.

Meanwhile, after obtaining his account statement, it was discovered that he was just having just twenty-four thousand naira in that Zenith Bank account on that day of transaction

Thereafter, all efforts by the fraud victim and complainant to reach him proved abortive until she reported to FIB-IRT CENTRAL BASE and the suspect was tracked and arrested in Lokoja, Kogi State.

Upon interrogation, he confessed to have used the fake alert to have purchased goods worth billions of naira adding that he had defrauded many traders in Lagos and other cities.

The suspect is said to have been on the wanted list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and had undertaken interrogation waiting to be handed over to the Police team by the anti-graft agency for other crimes he reportedly committed

Investigations reveals that the suspect is still in the detention facility of the anti-graft agency as he is expected to be sent back to the Police unit for further interrogation and prosecution by the EFCC.

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba warned the public particularly traders to be wary of the activities of fraudsters who use fake bank alert to defraud citizens

He equally assured the nation of dilligent prosecution of all forms of electronic frauds in the nation’s law courts by the Police in his determination to rid the nation of all forms of crimes and criminal activities.