The police have asked POS agents in Kwara State to report suspicious transactions in order to avoid getting arrested for aiding crime unintentionally.
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by spokesperson for the state police command, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, a Superintendent of Police, noted that the growing trend of sophisticated fraud schemes being perpetrated by criminal elements necessitated the ‘warning message’.
‘The Kwara State Police Command wishes to draw the attention of members of the public, particularly Point-of-Sale (POS) agents and financial service providers, to the growing trend of sophisticated fraud schemes being perpetrated by criminal elements suspected to be operating across state lines.
Intelligence report available to the Command indicates that some individuals from outside the state are engaging POS agents in transactions involving large sums of money, often running into millions of naira, under the guise of money transfers. In most cases, these transactions are processed with the expectations of small commissions or service charges, making POS agents unknowingly complicit in illicit financial activities.
Subsequently, such POS agents are sometimes visited by law enforcement authorities from other jurisdictions for interrogation and arrest, with demands to account for the whereabouts of the supposed sender or recipient of the funds, who are often untraceable criminal actors.
In view of this development, the Commissioner of Police, Kwara State Command CP Ojo Adekimi psc, minps, strongly advises all POS agents and financial service providers to exercise extreme caution when handling unusually large transactions, especially those involving unfamiliar customers or suspicious circumstances’ the statement said.
The state police command also urged POS agents to promptly report any transaction involving significant sums of money to the nearest Police Station or security agency before completion or disbursement, to allow proper verification of the source and legitimacy of such funds, this proactive measure, the statement added, is aimed at protecting innocent people from becoming unwitting accomplices.
’The Command further assures the public of its commitment to working closely with financial service stakeholders with a view to curbing fraudulent practices and maintaining the integrity of financial transactions across the state’ the statement said-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
