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Fake Job Syndicate smashed in Igwuruta,16 victs rescued

THE Rivers State Police Command said its men
smashed a fake job syndicate and rescued 16 persons including 13 females who lost various sums of money to the gang in Igwuruta in
Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state.

The police said the suspect and his accomplice posed as a company worker and potential
employer to scam unsuspecting job seekers, saying the fraudsters had already disposed their
victims of huge sums ranging from N650, 000 to N850,000.00 each for a non-existent job in an oil and gas firm.

The state Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this at a news bricfing in Port
Harcourt on Tuesday.

Disu said the syndicate was busted when operatives responded to a distress call by concerned residents who suspected hostage-taking,
The CP stated, "On August
29, 2024, at about 3 pm,
operatives of the Rivers State
Police Command attached
to the Octopus Strike Force,
acting on a credible piece of
information about a possible
hostage situation in a compound
at Igwuruta.
"The operatives swung into
action and arrested a suspect,
Chukwudi Okoli (m), who posed
as a staff member of a company,
Qjoseansel International Global
Limited.
"During the operation, Amiye
Joseph and 15 other victims
comprising 13 males and two
were rescued and led to the
station.
"Preliminary investigations
revealed that the unsuspecting
victims had each paid monetary
sums ranging from N650,000
to N850,o00 each to the phoney
Company with vain assurance
that they would be given jobs
within the oil/gas sector and
receive payment in US dollars.
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