Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit Ikoyi-Lagos, have arrested a 21-year-old lady, Atuonah Cynthia Chioma, for allegedly fr@udulently converting, st£aling, and obtaining the sum of $220,000 by false pretence from a German citizen.
It was gathered that the suspect claimed to be a model & businesswoman, lured the 50-year-old victim on Instagram by feigning romantic intentions towards him, thereby gaining the victims’ trust & goodwill.
The unit’s spokesperson in a statement on April 19, said: “Atuonah Chioma promised to marry the victim, invited him to Nigeria for visits on several occasions & convinced him to relocate permanently to Nigeria to live together as husband and wife.
Part of the proceed was then used to buy a 2-Bedroom Terrace apartment at Zara Estate, Ikota Villa, Lekki Phase II, while some of the funds were sent to support her mother’s business and to pay the medical bills of her father.”
