Nigeria: Police Arrests Visa Fraudster

18 December 2006

Lagos — The police in Lagos, Thursday arrested a lady, Blessing Okwara who was suspected to have duped her victims of N16.9million under the guise of procuring Visa for them.

Police said Mrs Blessing promised to assist 13 youths in procuring Swiss visa including securing accommodation for them in Switzerland, but ended up duping them of a total sum of N16.9million. Each of her victims parted with N1.3million, police said.

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