The Nigerian Police Cybercrime Unit, INTERPOL, Abuja’s National Central Office has arrested two (2) suspects for their complicity in a multi-million euro primary scam involving the acquisition of a COVID-19 non-public apparatus (EPI).
The suspects, Babatunde Adesanya, also known as Teddy, 50, holds a master’s degree in mobile biology and Akinpelu Hassan Abass, 41, MD Musterpoint Investment Nig.Ltd., who are members of a complicated transnational network of criminals, cloned ILBN Holdings BV’s company., Netherlands to prosecute and defraud Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn, representative of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
According to a Force PUBLIC Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, “The arrest of suspects followed a mutual legal aid treaty (MLAT) won through the Federation Attorney General’s Office and the Minister of Justice.
“The MLAT has filed a request from the German government to investigate a fraudulent transaction regarding the acquisition of a COVID-19 non-public protection apparatus connected to a Nigerian bank account.
Mba said: “Discrete investigations conducted through INTERPOL Nigeria have revealed that suspects and their cohorts based in the Netherlands, an Eduardus Boomstra and Geradius Maulder have specialized in identity theft, cyberbullying, corporate cloning, among other cybercrime to defraud unsuspecting members of the public around the world.
In this case, the suspects fraudulently received from Mr Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn the sum of EUR 1.5 million and another EUR 880,000 in advance for the source of the COVID-19 PPE of EUR 14.7 million.
Mr Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn nevertheless went to the headquarters of ILBN Holdings BV in the Netherlands to find out the reasons for the delay in supplying the parts only to note that the company had never done business with it and that the transaction was a failure.Scam.
Police said: “The scammers simply cloned the corporations and deceived themselves as representatives of the corporation before executing the fraudulent transaction.
“He therefore reported the fraud case to the Netherlands police, prompting the arrests of Eduardus Boomstra and Geradius Maulder in the Netherlands and investigations in Nigeria.
“An investigation through INTERPOL Extra Nigeria revealed that Babatunde Adesanya earned 498,000 euros from Eduardus Boomstra and Geradius Maulder in his Citibank London account and transferred it to an account number domiciled at a Lagos branch of a leading Advertising Bank in Nigeria owned by Musterpoint Investment Nig.Ltd.
While congratulating Interpol Police Commissioner CP Garba Baba Umar and members of INTERPOL Nigeria’s Cybercrime Unit on their well-done work, inspector general of police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, unsuspecting members of the public and the foreign network of the Force’s commitment to combating cybercrime and transnational crimes.
He reiterated that there will be no hiding place for Internet scammers in the country.
“During this time, suspects will soon be brought to justice in a competent court,” DCP Mba said.
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