The office of the Inspector-General of Police has sued some Nigerian businessmen for allegedly defrauding a foreigner of N13.5 billion.
The IGP’s suit is pending with the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Rafik Akar, a foreigner, was defrauded by Victor Arinze, Yahaya Karimi, and three other persons in Abuja during a Bureau De Change business.
The IGP’s lawyer Simon Lough, SAN, accused the defendants of conspiring to make Rafik part with $38, 260,000 paid into the bank account of Pearson Nigeria Limited, Lasucess Limited, and Rainforest Ballroom.
The defendants were also accused of: “Acting in concert and with intent to conceal or disguise the origin of the said N13,505,780,000.00, you fraudulently obtained from Alhaji Rafik Akar on the pretence that you have $38,260,000 dollars to sell to him at the rate of N353.00 per $1. By the police.”
The police alleged that the defendants used the funds to purchase some properties in Lagos, Abuja, and Delta states.
The IGP’s legal team claimed that the Thailand police, in collaboration with the Nigerian police, later discovered that the $38,260,000 the defendants allegedly promised the foreigner were “proceeds of fraud.”
