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A once-powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others stand trial at the Vatican this week in an embezzlement scandal that allegedly saw charity funds used in a ruinous London property venture.
Ex-cardinal Angelo Becciu, who served as the equivalent of a papal chief of staff for Pope Francis before being fired last year, has been charged with crimes including embezzlement and abuse of office.
It is the first time a cardinal has been indicted by Vatican criminal prosecutors and Becciu, 73, will be the headliner of a trial set to last months.
The defendants face jail time or stiff fines if found guilty.
The alleged graft will have enraged Francis, 84, who has vowed all-out war on corruption and has increased oversight of the Vatican&#8217;s finances, dogged for decades by scandal.
Tuesday&#8217;s hearing is expected to be purely technical and the trial, held in a makeshift courtroom in the Vatican Museums, may be adjourned to after the summer break.
It was not clear whether Becciu, stripped of his red biretta, will be present.
								
									
										
										
											
										
										
										
											
										
									
								
							
It follows a two-year probe into how the Secretariat of State &#8212; the key department in the Vatican&#8217;s central administration &#8212; managed its vast asset portfolio and, in particular, who knew what about a disastrous €350m ($415m) London investment.
&#8216;Substantial losses&#8217;  
Two London-based Italian financiers were involved in buying the 17,000-sq metre building &#8212; a former Harrods warehouse in Chelsea intended for conversion into luxury apartments.
Gianluigi Torzi and Raffaele Mincione are charged with embezzlement, fraud and money laundering.
The building&#8217;s purchase at an inflated price meant &#8220;substantial losses for the Vatican, and dipped into resources intended for the Holy Father&#8217;s personal charitable work&#8221;, the Holy See said before the trial.
The first part of the purchase happened while Becciu was No. 2 at the Secretariat of State, and in charge of the purse strings.
Between 2013 and 2014, the Secretariat of State borrowed over $200m, mainly from Credit Suisse, to invest in Mincione&#8217;s Luxembourg fund. Half went to buying part of the London property.
The rest was for stock market investments, but Mincione used it for high-risk ventures. The Holy See, which had no control over where the money went, tried to pull out in 2018.
						
							
								
								
									
									
								
								
								
							
						
					
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Torzi was brought in and tasked with brokering the purchase of the rest of the building and cutting ties with Mincione &#8212; but he instead allegedly joined forces with him.
He arranged for the Holy See to give Mincione £40m (€48m; $55m) for the shares in the part of the London building it did not already own.
But Torzi then allegedly inserted a clause into the paperwork which gave himself control of the property. He is accused of demanding 15 million euros to relinquish control.
Mincione and Torzi were helped, prosecutors claim, by Enrico Crasso, a former Vatican investment manager, and employee Fabrizio Tirabassi, both of whom face a series of charges including fraud.
Embarrassingly for Francis, among those standing trial are two men previously tasked with regulating Holy See finances, including the former head of its financial regulator, Swiss lawyer Rene Bruelhart.
&#8216;The Cardinal&#8217;s lady&#8217; 
Becciu has been charged with embezzlement and abuse of office over the purchase of the London property.
He has also been charged in relation to donations totalling over €800,000 he is accused of making to a charity run by his brother.
				
					
						
						
							
						
						
						
							
						
					
				 
Becciu is also linked to defendant Cecilia Marogna &#8212; dubbed &#8220;the Cardinal&#8217;s lady&#8221; by the Italian press &#8212; accused of pocketing money earmarked for freeing captive priests and nuns abroad.
Prosecutors claim the top hierarchy in the Vatican &#8212; including pope ally Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Becciu&#8217;s boss &#8212; were in favour of the London venture, without realising what was going on.
Becciu, who has denied any wrongdoing, says he is the victim of a plot.
The Vatican published for the first time Saturday its annual budget for a key department managing property and investments, just days before the start of a high-profile trial over a London investment.
The 2020 budget showed that the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See (APSA) owns 4,051 properties in Italy and some 1,120 properties in London, Paris, Geneva and Lausanne.
One of those, a former Harrods warehouse in London intended for conversion into luxury apartments, is at the heart of a trial opening in the Vatican next week over alleged embezzlement of charity money.
The purchase by the Vatican&#8217;s Secretariat of State nearly a decade ago led to huge losses. Pope Francis handed control of the Secretariat&#8217;s investments to APSA last year after the case came to light.
						
							
								
								
									
									
								
								
								
							
						
					
Juan Antonio Guerrero, head of the Vatican&#8217;s Secretariat for the Economy, said the tiny city state was making unprecedented efforts to be open about its finances as part of Francis&#8217;s war on corruption.
&#8220;We come from a culture of secrecy, but we have learned that in economic matters, transparency protects us more than secrecy,&#8221; he said as the budget was released.
The trial is expected to look into whether the London scandal could be traced to corruption in the top rungs of the hierarchy, or too few checks on those performing the complex financial transactions.
Guerrero said measures had since been put in place that would make it &#8220;very difficult for what happened to happen again&#8221;.
The budget showed 14 percent of Vatican properties administered by APSA are rented at market rates, with the money going to fund Vatican work and to charity.
The remaining 86 percent &#8212; largely rented at below-market rates &#8212; are used by Vatican offices or provides housing for Catholic cardinals and current and retired Vatican employees.
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A once-powerful Catholic cardinal and nine others stand trial at the Vatican this week in an embezzlement scandal that allegedly saw charity funds used in a ruinous London property venture. Ex-cardinal Angelo Becciu, who served as the equivalent of a papal chief of staff for Pope Francis before being fired last year, has been charged…

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Local residents who receive a phone call that appears to be from London&#8217;s RCMP detachment are being warned by the Mounties that it may be a fraudster on the other end of the line.
In an advisory Friday, the RCMP says the detachment&#8217;s number has been used in recent <a href="https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/phone/telemarketing/identit.htm" target="_blank">caller ID spoofing</a> incidents in which victims have received unsolicited calls that are coercive or threatening and claim to be from the police.
Police say that in some of the incidents, victims have been coerced into providing sensitive personal information, such as their social insurance number, or told they&#8217;re under investigation and threatened with arrest unless they transfer large amounts of money.
		
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				Guelph police warn of fraudsters &#8216;spoofing&#8217; their phone number			</a>
		
	
Caller ID spoofing is when caller ID information is altered by the caller, such as a telemarketer or scammer, to trick people into answering the phone, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
The information may be changed to make it appear to be a local call, or from a person or organization the victim already knows &#8212; in this case the RCMP. In other cases, the CRTC says the number that appears may even be your own, or one that can&#8217;t actually be called, such as 123-4567.
Caller ID spoofing has also been used by scammers posing as Canada Revenue Agency staff, duct cleaning companies and more, according to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC).
The agency says Canadians have also been subject to such calls during the <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/tag/covid" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> pandemic from <a href="https://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/features-vedette/2020/covid-19-eng.htm" target="_blank">phony health-care providers</a> offering home vaccination kits for an up-front fee, and from scammers &#8220;requesting urgent action or payment and/or offering medical advice, financial relief, or government assistance and compensation.&#8221;
		
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				Sarnia police warn of scam involving callers posing as officers, court staff			</a>
		
	
&#8220;If you receive unsolicited calls that are coercive or threatening and claiming to be police or any other government department, don&#8217;t panic don&#8217;t react, hang up,&#8221; the RCMP&#8217;s advisory reads.
&#8220;Police services in Canada including the RCMP do not contact individuals via email or telephone for the purpose of collecting fines or money. Don&#8217;t give out personal information on unsolicited calls such as your name, address, date of birth, SIN or credit card information.&#8221;
People who suspect they have been the victim of such a call are asked to report the call to police or the CAFC at 1-888-495-8501.
		
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				Experts warn of rise in scams after report of spoof caller posing as Manitoba RCMP			</a>

The RCMP says the detachment’s number has been used in caller ID spoofing incidents in which victims have received unsolicited calls that are coercive or threatening.

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A southern Alberta woman is speaking up after she says $3,497.59 in fraudulent and interest charges were made to her Walmart Rewards Mastercard over the last few years.
She hopes to warn others of her mistakes and is also seeking answers from the credit card company.
Shelley Bagnall signed up for the card in Lethbridge in March 2018 and had been using it exclusively at Walmart stores and on its website, paying off the balance immediately at the till.
&#8220;In my mind, everything is fine because I&#8217;m paying my card off continually. I&#8217;m not getting notified about any strange activity on my account. I haven&#8217;t been notified of having a balance that keeps carrying over and getting bigger and bigger,&#8221; Bagnall explained.
		
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				Winnipeggers face long list of fraud charges in credit card case			</a>
		
	
<blockquote>&#8220;I use my card at Walmart only to get the points.&#8221;</blockquote>
Bagnall said she hadn&#8217;t been getting electronic or paper statements but didn&#8217;t think much of it since she knew exactly how and where her card was being used.
In April, she decided to log onto her online account for the first time to check on a return.
&#8220;I found that I was carrying a balance of just under $3,500, so that was quite shocking, quite upsetting,&#8221; she said.
Bagnall provided Global News with several statements dating back to June 2019. They appear to show numerous charges to subscription services made in USD.
When she found the charges, she said she immediately put her card on hold.
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Bagnall said she currently can&#8217;t access any older statements in the system but suspects the strange charges go back further.
&#8220;I speculate that potentially my information was sold right from the start,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Because whoever was using my card knew my full name, knew my middle initial, knew the PIN number on the back of my card.
<blockquote>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t give that to anybody.&#8221;</blockquote>
Since April 15, Bagnall tried to reach Walmart representatives, as well as Duo Bank &#8212; the company in charge of the Walmart Rewards Mastercard &#8212; but had no luck.
&#8220;To find that this has been happening for so long and I haven&#8217;t been notified or that there were strange charges on there and I haven&#8217;t been notified? Walmart Mastercard dropped the ball, I think,&#8221; she said.
<blockquote>&#8220;My mistake, sadly, is that I did not check my statements sooner, so (this) went on much longer than it should have.&#8221;</blockquote>
She said she eventually paid off the balance in an effort to protect her credit rating and to not incur further interest charges. She said she also contacted the Lethbridge Police Service for assistance but said authorities weren&#8217;t able to do much to pursue the case.
&#8220;I just said, &#8216;Is there anything you guys can do on your end to help me out?'&#8221; she said. &#8220;They kind of did everything they could do from their end. They gave me a lot of suggestions of what to do if this could potentially happen the next time.&#8221;
		
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				Fraud charges against Tony Accurso stayed by Crown after 9 years			</a>
		
	
Global News reached out to Walmart for comment.
A response from Duo Bank on Friday read: &#8220;We take all customer concerns seriously. We have followed the industry-standard practice of investigating the disputed transactions. We can assure you the customer will be contacted again and offered an appropriate resolution.&#8221;
Following Global News&#8217; request, Bagnall said she was contacted by a Duo Bank representative, who offered her $1,000 in good faith.
Bagnall told Global News she is now in contact with Duo Bank about accessing her older statements and plans to accept the offer despite still feeling let down.
<blockquote>&#8220;They didn&#8217;t look out for me.&#8221;</blockquote>
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Financial advisor Kevin Kranzler said victims of fraud shouldn&#8217;t be embarrassed if it happens to them, adding it&#8217;s very important to keep track of purchases.
&#8220;As much as (credit card companies) have that liability policy that limits the consumer as far as liability issues go, you need to be responsible with your purchases,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not saying look at your statements every day (but) at least once a month or when you&#8217;re paying your bill.&#8221;
Kranzler advised clients to have preventative measures when it comes to avoiding credit card fraud.
&#8220;Keeping your credit card on you at all times. Don&#8217;t share your PIN information,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Try and limit the number of credit cards that you have. It&#8217;s hard to manage five, six credit cards.&#8221;

A southern Alberta woman is speaking up after she says $3,497.59 in fraudulent and interest charges were made to her Walmart Rewards Mastercard over the last few years.

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Charges have been laid in a <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/stolen-vehicle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stolen auto investigation</a> that has been active for two years in <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/gnca-regina/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Regina</a>.
The investigation began on March 21, 2019, when members of the <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/regina-police-service/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Regina Police Service</a> (RPS) Stolen Auto Unit learned of a vehicle that was stolen from a local car rental company. Police were told that a vehicle was rented out and not returned to the business.
RPS then received new information in May of 2021 that the vehicle had been sold and re-registered in Alberta.
		
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				Child avoids serious injury after collision with vehicle in Regina&#8217;s Harbour Landing: police			</a>
		
	
Investigators collaborated with the Edmonton Police Service to find the vehicle and track the sale back to the person who originally rented it out in Regina two years prior.
Two months later on July 13, 2021, police located and arrested the suspect – 38-year-old Charlene Pambrun of Regina.
		
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She has been charged with theft over $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000. Pambrun made her first court appearance on the charges on Wednesday.
Police say this investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Regina Police Service or a local police detachment.
			
				
						
												
						
						
		
			
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No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State.
During the raid on Tuesday, the operatives were alleged to have gained entry into the occupants’ rooms by seizing the master cards from the management of the hotel at gunpoint.
When the operatives gained entry into the rooms, it was learnt that some of the occupants were naked under the duvet as the operatives interrogated the occupants.
One of the victims, while lamenting the invasion, told the Peoples Gazette, “I was naked, and I had to beg them (for me) to put something on. I am actually hypertensive, but I put myself together because I am not a criminal in any way.”
An eyewitness told the Peoples Gazette, “They broke into the hotel and threatened to shoot the receptionists and management workers if they didn’t immediately release the master access card to them. So, the hotel workers had to comply immediately.”
According to the newspaper, it was learnt that no fewer than 13 guests were whisked away by the EFCC operatives during the raid.
During a telephone interview with a representative of the Parktonian Hotel, who simply identified himself as Christian, he told The PUNCH correspondent that he was not aware of the incident.
								
									
										
										
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He said, “I am not in the right place to talk to you; it is the manager that can talk to you. I just resumed this evening; I have been off for some days and I just resumed today. I don’t know what you are talking about.”
However, when contacted, the spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said the operatives acted on verified intelligence targeted at suspects at Parktonian Hotel, adding that 30 suspects were arrested during the raid.
He said, “Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, acting on verified intelligence, carried out a sting operation targeted at cybercrime suspects at Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State in the early hours of Tuesday.
“During the exercise, 30 suspects were arrested. Of this number, 24 have been established to be involved in internet-related fraud. The operation was executed without incident as the facility had been under surveillance for weeks during which the commission was able to isolate the rooms where the suspects were lodged.
“Access to the rooms was seamless as the commission has standard procedure for accessing such facilities without application of force or discomfort to guests. No guest of the hotel was molested.
“But the commission observes a disturbing trend in which cybercrime suspects now employ kept ladies who feign nakedness as a decoy to distract operatives of the commission to enable them to destroy incriminating evidence before arrest.”
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No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State. During the raid on Tuesday, the operatives were alleged to have gained entry into the occupants’ rooms by seizing the master cards from the management…

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A <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/york-regional-police/">York Regional Police</a> officer has been charged with fraud, accused of working as a realtor while on shift.
York police issued a news release Tuesday that said in the spring of this year, the Professional Standards Bureau launched an internal investigation regarding possible fraud.
		
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				3 charged after Niagara school board allegedly defrauded of $2M over 16 years			</a>
		
	
Police said the investigation revealed that the employee was working as a realtor during his scheduled working hours with York Regional Police.
Thirty-year-old Const. Jamil Saade, a resident of Markham, was charged with fraud under $5,000 and is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 3.
Police said Saade has worked with York police since 2013, most recently in the information management unit.
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Police said an investigation revealed that the employee was working as a realtor during his scheduled working hours with York Regional Police. 

York police officer accused of working as realtor while on shift

The <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/tag/saskatoon-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Saskatoon Police Service</a> (SPS) has accused a woman of defrauding or attempted to <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/fraud" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">defraud</a> a Canadian retail company of around $250,000.
The unidentified company became aware of fraudulent activity involving equity payments in December 2019, according to a press release on Wednesday.
		
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SPS’s economic crime unit said the activity was discovered at various branches of the company where payments were being altered and redirected to a suspect’s bank account. Investigators added 17 payments were deposited and 59 were pending.
The 57-year-old woman, from Langham, Sask., is facing charges of fraud over $5,000 and theft over $5,000. Her name was not released by police.
She is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 19.
Langham is approximately 30 km northwest of Saskatoon.
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Police say a Saskatchewan woman defrauded or attempted to defraud a retail company of approximately $250,000.

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A retired <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/nun" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">nun</a> with a gambling habit will plead guilty to embezzling more than $835,000 from the Catholic school where she worked as a principal in California after she was caught using that money to pay off her debts.
Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, faces up to 40 years in federal prison for the scheme, which played out over the final 10 years of her tenure as principal of St. James Catholic School in Torrance, Calif.
She was charged on Tuesday with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, according to a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/nun-who-ran-catholic-school-torrance-will-plead-guilty-federal-charges-after-embezzling" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">statement</a> issued by the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office for the Central District of California.
		
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Kreuper admitted in a plea agreement to diverting donation and tuition money into a savings account that she initially used to cover living expenses for the nuns who worked at the school. She also admitted to eventually taking that money for herself in order to pay for &#8220;expenses that the order would not have approved of, much less paid for, including large gambling expenses incurred at casinos and certain credit card charges.&#8221;
Kreuper took a vow of poverty at age 18 and spent 59 years of her life as a nun, prosecutors said. She served as principal at the school for 28 years and retired from her post in 2018.
Prosecutors say Kreuper &#8220;lulled&#8221; school officials into believing that she was taking good care of the school&#8217;s finances. They also say that Kreuper ordered school employees to alter or destroy financial records to cover her tracks.
An audit ultimately uncovered her sins after she retired.
		
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Kreuper&#8217;s lawyer told the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/09/nun-embezzlement-gambling-california-kreuper/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> that the former nun is &#8220;very remorseful&#8221; for her actions and is &#8220;sorry for any harm she caused.&#8221;
“As soon as she was confronted, she accepted full responsibility for what she had done and she has cooperated completely with law enforcement and the archdiocese,” her lawyer said in a statement. The lawyer added that Kreuper “has been suffering from a mental illness that clouded her judgment.”
The statement did not explain the nature of the alleged mental illness.
&#8220;The community of faith at St. James was shocked and saddened by these actions,&#8221; the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said in a statement. It also thanked investigators for their efforts in the case.
Kreuper is due to appear in court for her arraignment on July 1.

The California nun confessed to stealing the money while working as principal of the school, according to a plea agreement.

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After being suspected in a downtown break and enter, a Calgary man was arrested and found to have more than 100 outstanding warrants for his arrest.
On March 24, police said a suspect broke into a lockbox and stole master keys to an apartment building on the 600 block of Eighth Street S.W.
The suspect used the keys to break into the mailroom and was identified by Calgary Police Services (CPS) investigators who then sought out his arrest.
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&#8220;Our analysts work hard to identify property-crime trends and associated suspects that can then be located and charged,&#8221; CPS Staff Sgt. Kurt Jacobs said.
On Saturday, May 22, Justin Taylor Hartland, 28, was arrested and charged with break and enter and two counts and failing to abide by his release order. Police said the man had been released from jail six days earlier.
Additionally, police said Hartland had over 100 warrants out for his arrest for fraud and property offences dating back to 2018, as well as numerous breaches of conditions.
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Hartland will remain in custody until he is to appear in court on June 15.
&#8220;Property offences are not victimless crimes; they affect our citizens’ sense of safety in our communities. Criminal behaviour that targets dozens of victims is problematic and must be dealt with,” Jacobs said.
The CPS offender management unit works closely with patrol officers to detect and identify Calgary’s most prolific offenders. Officers monitor these offenders to ensure they are abiding by court-ordered release conditions and refrain from future potential crimes.

Days after being released from jail, a Calgary man was arrested and found to have more than 100 outstanding warrants for his arrest.

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The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Brisk Capital Limited, Joshua Dominic, has been arrested by operatives of the police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State for allegedly defrauding over 500 investors of over N2bn.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the 21-year-old Dominic was arrested following petitions to the unit by several investors and verified intelligence gathered on his activities, which were confirmed by banking records.
The spokesman for the SFU, DSP Eyitayo Johnson, said in a statement on Tuesday that Dominic, a native of Ebonyi State, was operating from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
He added that Dominic usually lured his victims on social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Linkedin as well as via newspaper publications, claiming to be a financial investor, who manages funds for individuals and companies.
Johnson stated that Dominic confessed to the crime, adding that the Commissioner of Police in charge of the SFU, Anderson Bankole, advised members of the public to be wary of investment/portfolio managers, who suspiciously promise them very high returns.
The statement read in part, “The Special Fraud Unit, Lagos, has arrested the MD/CEO of Brisk Capital Limited, Mr Joshua Dominic, for allegedly diverting investors’ funds worth over N2bn.
“The victims were conned into investing in Bitcoin, forex trading, real estate and oil and gas with the promise of prompt and accurate 60 per cent return on investment per month on every sum invested, plus the guarantee of the invested principal.
								
									
										
										
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“The funds, which belonged to over 500 investors, were diverted to sponsor extravagant lifestyles, parties, exotic cars, luxury watches and real estates in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt. The suspect confessed to the crime, but pleaded to be given time to return the money.
“Some of the properties/items purchased with the diverted funds have been recovered as exhibits, while the suspects will be arraigned before the Federal High Court as soon as the strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria is called off.
“The Commissioner of Police in charge of the unit, Anderson A. Bankole, advised members of the public to be wary of investment/portfolio managers, who promise very suspiciously high returns.
“He offers the services of the unit to use the existing synergy between the unit and relevant regulatory bodies to provide credible information to genuine prospective investors, who approach it for background checks. The CP promised that the unit would not relent in its efforts to bring fraudsters, who are giving the country a bad name, to justice.”
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The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Brisk Capital Limited, Joshua Dominic, has been arrested by operatives of the police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State for allegedly defrauding over 500 investors of over N2bn. PUNCH Metro gathered that the 21-year-old Dominic was arrested following petitions to the unit by several investors and verified intelligence gathered on…

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