Scam:Man Arrested In Abuja For Planting Secret Cameras In Hotel Rooms

The son of a serving top civil servant and a director in a parastatal has been arrested by the police after long investigation on what is termed a new form of scam in Abuja.

The suspect goes around all big hotels to plant secret cameras in hotel rooms even before the guest arrives the hotel, the camera runs for days and gets video coverage of the guest while in the hotel room.

He searches for the guest details and there after present to him a cd copy with the recorded video, if his victim is a dignitary of repute and was in a hotel room with a mistress, he starts the deal by asking the victim to pay ransom or the story gets published on social media.

Thereafter he creates a web link account and sends the link to the victim on grounds that the story will go virile. He succeeds in collecting money from the victims who do not want the story published.

He was arrested by the police after a long investigation by the police and EFCC. He is known in the business as Mark Inalegwu. Along with his accomplices, he was caught by the police after a trail in the local account through the local bank account.

The local was picked up in the bank where he went to collect ransom paid into the account. They are presently being detained in police custody following a court order.

The management of AFRI hotel Abuja his last port of call is shocked to discover that their staff was part of the scam hitting Abuja.

The police are on the trail of some of the victims of this growing scam in Abuja.

Eyes popped out as recorded videos of several top Abuja men and their mistresses were viewed on the videos. He is now detained in SARS Abuja

The other hotels where he operated includes Savannah Suites and Landmark Hotels all in Abuja