The operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State
Police Command have arrested an undergraduate of Ambrose Alli University posing
as an online custom auctioneer for cloning
the website of Lagos State College of Health Technology and duping
several admission seekers of large sums of money.
The suspect, Mayaki Best, 25, a 300 level student of the
university, studying Library and Information Science, was on Wednesday in
Auchi, Edo State.
Mayaki was tracked to Edo State following a petition
signed by the Provost of Lagos State College of Health Technology, Dr Moyo
Kasim on the fraudulent activities of one Dr. Odeh Philip Oteche, who cloned
the website of the institution and requesting for varied sums of money from
admission applicants.
The petition, which was addressed to the Lagos State
Commissioner of Police and later referred to the Commander Rapid Response Squad
had cloned admission application and bank details stating that applicants pay
N2,500 for admission form.
Mayaki who was in possession of the phone line given in
the fraudulent bank details was arrested with three ATM Cards one of which
carried Otache Philip Odeh, the owner of the fraudulent account.
Two other ATM cards of Access bank and UBA bore, Abua
Sunday.
In his confession to the police, Mayaki stated that he
was the brain behind the cloning of the institution’s website and he had
withdrawn series of deposits made to the accounts by different applicants.
He added that he veered into admission racketing when
online custom auction of automobile and seized items failed to yield expected
returns.
Apart from these, the suspect disclosed that he also use
local and international dating platforms for scamming.
Through the cloned institution’s website, Mayaki stated,
he had collected deposits ranging from N2,500 to N157,000, adding that one
Charles and Ganiyu Balogun now at large were accomplices.
He stated that he opened Access Bank and UBA accounts
with Sunday Abua for Nigerian Customs auction vehicles and goods.
He disclosed that the three Facebook accounts of female
custom officers he had been using and pictures of automobiles in display were sourced
from Google.
Also found in possession of Mayaki were different soft
copies of unfilled custom papers.
Commenting on the development, the Command PRO, ASP
Olarinde Famous – Cole stated that the command would not spare those who hide
in other locations in the country and commit crime in Lagos.
He added that the suspect had been transferred to the
SCID for further investigation.
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