Two Nigerians arrested for fraud

TWO Nigerians who defrauded an Ivorian engineer resident in the United Kingdom 10,000 pounds sterling under the pretext of offering him a job in an oil marketing company in Ghana has been arrested by the Commercial Crime Unit (CCRU) of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service.
The two suspects, Akpani Hopson Wilson, alias Emmanuel Attah, an electrician and Jonathan Agambilla, alias Adams Coles, were arrested following a tip off.
According to the Director of the CCRU, Superintendent  F. K. Mawusi, the complainant, Gbaddy Jacques Kouadio, was an Ivorian engineer resident in the United Kingdom.
He said Kouadio who was looking for a job posted his detailed curriculum vitae (CV) on the internet in November 2011, in search of employment as an expatriate in Ghana.
Supt Mawusi said he was subsequently contacted by Akpani Hopson Wilson who introduced himself as the Human Resource Manager of TECHNIP Company Limited, an oil company in Ghana.
He said Hopson informed the Ivorian that he has been directed by the Managing Director of TECHNIP to employ him due to his impressive CV and that the company would be paying him a monthly salary of $15,000.
He said the complainant became interested and agreed on the terms of employment offered by the suspects and after series of correspondence Hopson later introduced Jonathan Agambilla to complainant as a lawyer who would represent his interest to execute his employment contract with TECHNIP.
After series of correspondence between the complainant and the two suspects they requested him to pay an amount of £10,000 for the processing of his work permit, opening of bank account, paying of government fees and other documentation.
They instructed the complainant to transfer the £10,000 through UT Bank, Nima and Cantonments branches and Western Union to which complainant complied.
The director said upon receipt of the money, the two suspects stopped communications with the complainant who then realised that the whole deal was a scam.
When all efforts to trace the whereabouts of the suspects failed, the victim made a report to the police at the CID Headquarters in Accra and through intelligence two suspects were subsequently arrested. 
Supt Mawusi indicated that upon interrogation, both suspects admitted collecting the sum of £10,000 from the complainant and shared same among themselves.
He said they also admitted that  the whole transaction was a scam.
Investigations are ongoing after which the two suspects would be arraigned before court.