Fraud
By Tomisin Erogbogbo
Lagos, Dec. 28, 2019 (NAN) A 45-year-old man, Bola Afeez, who allegedly defrauded a bureau de change operator by giving him fake N200,000 in exchange for $600 was on Friday arraigned by the police.
The accused was brought before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court on a three-count charge of fraud, theft and conduct likely to cause breach of peace.
Afeez, however, pleaded not guilty to the three counts.
The prosecutor, ASP Fidelis Dike, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Dec. 1, at 2:00p.m, at Ikota Shopping Complex, Ajah, Lagos.
He said that the accused tendered fake N1,000 denominations, a total of N200,000, to a bureau de change operator, Mr Godwin Agbin, in exchange for $600.
Dike said the offences contravened Sections 168 (d), 287 and 372 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Magistrate, Mr T. A Anjorin-Ajose, granted the accused N50,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.
He said that one of the sureties must be a relation of the accused and the other a civil servant.
The magistrate adjourned the case until Jan. 22, 2019, for mention. (NAN)
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Edited by Bola Akingbehin/Oluwole Sogunle