The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos, says it has arrested three suspects alleged to specialized in forging international bank cheques by impersonating foreign celebrities.
The suspects are Innocent Odumosor, 27, Ajie Samuel Chukwudi, 31, and Godwin Divine, 19.
They were arrested at their residence in Lagos, after detectives attached to Anti-Corruption Unit of Zone 2, received intelligence reports about their alleged criminal activities with other members of the syndicate based abroad.
The alleged ring leader of the syndicate, Innocent Odumosor, lives in a four-bedroom flat at Ocean Freeze Estate, Ologoro, Ikate, Lagos, while his second in command, Ajie lives at Star Times Estate, Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos.
Both the ring leader of the syndicate and his second in command reportedly confessed to have allegedly made about N400 million each since they started the fraudulent business in 2021.
During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the crime and gave vivid details of their criminal exploits.
They allegedly confessed to have been involved in impersonating notable foreign celebrities and defrauding Bank of America of millions of dollars.
According to their ring-leader, Innocent Odumosor, a graduate of the University of Cross Rivers State, we buy ‘tools’ from Xeet.com, which we use in commiting the crime.
He said – ” the tools work as software and we buy from the site. It works with the software of different foreign banks. We clone cashier cheques and contact other members of the syndicate overseas to source for foreign accounts where they can log in the cheques.
“The victim unknowingly cash the cheque and send it to the account our syndicate will provide. The victims are randomly chosen and engaged in long chats before we strike.
“We normally load the account, and the victim will be chatting with any member of the syndicate resident abroad.”
Police investigation revealed that after they received proceeds of their latest exploits on March 28th, 2025, the ring leader acquired a Mercedes 223 GLE valued at N250 million, while his second in command also bought Mercedez GLE 221, worth N150 million.
The share of the third suspect is said to still be cooling off in his bank in Nigeria.
The ring leader said that he graduated in 2019 and started internet fraud in 2021, while he learnt the crime through online and websites like: Xeet.PW and Monove.com.
” I specialized in loading of foreign bank accounts by buying loading tools from different websites such as Olux.TO, Monove.com, and Cheap.com at different prizes ranging from $10 to $100.
” I get different foreign bank accounts from other members of the syndicate and I load money into the account. The foreign banks are mostly in USA. “We share proceeds of our loot 50/50.
“The latest transaction I had with Ajie was that of $350,000 cash cheques from Bank of America and the beneficiary is Babara Franks.
“I got $150,000 as part of my share using my Access bank and it came to be N230 million. I used part of it to buy Mercedes GLE worth N120 million and used the remaining to take care of myself, my family, and my music career.
” I use my I-Phone 16 Promax and Labtop to do the deals. I pay N10 million for my four bedroom flat at Ocean Based Estate at Ikate,” he confessed to the police.
The second in command, Ajie Samuel aka Pappy, a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Cross Rivers University, said he got $50,000 from their deal stating that he was a middle man during negotiations.
Detectives were collaborating with the International police with a view to rounding up other members of the criminal syndicate based abroad and that they have already confiscated international passports of the suspects.
They are also said to be beaming their searchlight on all the banks connected with the activities of the suspects with a view to ascertaining if there is internal connivance or not.
Contacted, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Adegoke Fayoade, confirmed the arrest of the suspects.
Fayoade said investigations were still on.