Anambra: Police arraign suspect over alleged online dollar fraud

The Police in Anambra State on Friday arraigned a 22-year-old man before the Amawbia Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting members of the public of millions of dollars using the name of Blord Group.

According to the charges, the suspect, Hilary Tochukwu Enujekwu, from Okpanam community in Delta State, was accused of false representation using the name of Blord to defraud the public.

He committed the crime punishable under Section 386 of the Criminal Code, Cap 36, Vol 2, Revised Law of Anambra State of Nigeria 1991.

The Magistrate Court, however, did not sit on Friday.

The accused was therefore returned to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) unit of the State Police Command, Amawbia.

In his reaction during an interview with newsmen, Mr Linus William, a.k.a. Blord, confirmed that the accused had been using a fake TikTok handle claiming that he is Blord, adding that he is not active on TikTok and is yet to verify his TikTok.

He said, “I am at the Magistrate Court Amawbia in respect of a matter that was brought to the Court over a young man that has been using my videos and my pictures to defraud the public for the past three years.”

“He (accused) has been notorious on TikTok and he has about three million likes on TikTok and about 870,000 or thereabouts followers on TikTok”

“Meanwhile, my original TikTok has about 150,000 followers with 1,5million likes, but this young man has about 11.6 million and that is ten times of my profile and people take his profile as the real Blord profile, and they have been transacting with him and allegedly defrauded more than 100 people of millions of naira and dollars.”

“Many of them came to the station to write their statements, and the young man has confessed and agreed to the crime and the family has been begging us to know how to settle the matter.”

Mr William stated that, “We came to Court today, but the Court did not sit and they are taking the boy back to Police custody, State Criminal Investigation Department, where he is being remanded”

He explained that when the matter came up, he reported to the Police, who took action and arrested the boy and invited him over to come and see the suspect.

“We went through his phone and all the videos on his phone are my videos. The number that he has been using to defraud them and once you call that number, his number will ring and he used it to defraud people running into millions, 1,000 dollars, 3,000 dollars, 5 million at different scenarios and people believe that I was the one that defrauded them.”

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“When he defrauded the victims, he would tell them to come to the office, and we have nine different branches of my offices and when they came, we told them that it was not a Blord profile,” he said.

William commended the Police for a job well done, pointing out that he is innocent of those allegations against him.

He further explained that his outfit is verifiable on Instagram and that his TikTok is yet to be activated.

“The Blord is on Instagram and I have a verified Instagram and verified Facebook but am not on TikTok and I am working towards verifying myself on TikTok”

“For you to get a legitimate Blord, make sure that the profile is verified, and if you feel doubtful, we have offices in nine major cities, and one should be close to you, and you can come to the office and do your transactions”, he said.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, when contacted on the incident, said that the matter is before the court of law and cannot comment on it.