Three suspected international fraudsters, who specialise in forging foreign bank cheques and impersonating foreign celebrities, have been arrested by the police.
The suspects, Innocent Odomosor, Ajie Samuel, and Godwin Divine, were arrested by the operatives of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State.
During interrogation, the suspects not only confessed to the crime but also claimed to have made several hundreds of millions of naira in the illegal activities.
Leader of the syndicate, Innocent Odomosor, was until his arrest a resident of Ocean Freeze Estate, Ologoro, Ikate, Lagos, while his second-in-command, Ajie, lived in Star Times Estate, Ago Palace Way, Lagos.
Both suspects also told police interrogators that they had started the business in 2021.
Leader of the gang, Innocent Odomosor, a graduate of the University of Cross River State, told policemen, “We buy ‘tools’ from Xeet.com, which we use in committing the crime.”
According to him, “The tools work as software and we buy them from the site. It works with the software of different foreign banks. We clone cashier cheques and contact other members of the syndicate overseas to source for foreign accounts where they can log in the cheques.
The victim unknowingly cashes the cheque and sends it to the account our syndicate will provide.”
The gang also continued that “The victims are randomly chosen and engaged in long chats before we strike.
We normally load the account, and the victim will be chatting with any member of the syndicate resident abroad.”
Police investigation uncovered that after they received proceeds from their latest exploits on March 28th, 2025, the ringleader acquired a Mercedes 223 GLE valued at over ₦100 million, while his second-in-command also bought a Mercedes GLE 221 worth over ₦100 million. The share of the third suspect is said to still be cooling off in his bank account in Nigeria.
The leader of the gang claimed that he graduated in 2019 and started internet fraud in 2021. According to him, “I learnt how to do it through online and websites like Xeet.PW and Monove.com.
I specialise in loading foreign bank accounts by buying loading tools from different websites such as Olux.TO, Monove.com, and Cheap.com at different prices ranging from $10 to $100.
I get different foreign bank accounts from other members of the syndicate and I load money into the account.
The foreign banks are mostly in the USA. We share the proceeds of our loot 50/50. The latest transaction I had with Ajie was that of $350,000 cheques from Bank of America, and the beneficiary is Barbara Franks.
I got $150,000 as part of my share, using my Access Bank account, and it came to be ₦230 million. I used part of it to buy a Mercedes GLE worth ₦120 million and used the remaining to take care of myself and my family. I use my iPhone 16 Pro Max and laptop to do the deals. I pay ₦10 million for my four-bedroom flat at Ocean Freeze Estate, Ikate.”
Another member of the gang, Ajie Samuel aka Pappy, a native of Delta State and a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Cross River University, said he got $50,000 from their deal, stating that he was a middleman during negotiations.
It was gathered that detectives are collaborating with the International Police with a view to rounding up other members of the criminal syndicate who are based abroad.
The international passports of the three arrested suspects have already been confiscated by police detectives.
The police are also beaming their searchlight on all the banks connected with the activities of the suspects with a view to ascertaining if there is internal connivance or not.
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2, AIG Adegoke Fayoade, confirmed the arrest of the suspects to the Sunday Tribune.
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