A police inspector attached to the Special Frauds Unit, Ikoyi, Mr. Anthony Chukwu has been implicated in a multi million Naira marriage fraud involving a Nigerian lady based in America, one Vernoica Okwara.
Vernoica met Anthony after he was introduced to her by a mutual acquaintance to help her investigate and resolve a case involving employee theft of a vehicle worth N3.8 million.
After that episode, Anthony inquired as to the marital status of Veronica and after learning she was single began to woo her, lying about his marital status.
In her petition to the Inspector General of Police, Veronica claims that Anthony and his wife conspired to lie about their marriage and three children in order to reap economic benefits from her under false pretext.
“Chukwu asked me if I was married and I said no. He told me he had divorced his wife and proposed to me. Because he sounded good, I discussed with my family and accepted his marriage proposal.”
She later married Chukwu at the North Carolina Registry in America.
other goods to Nigeria for sale. And he agreed to receive the goods in Nigeria and help her sell them.
She said she trusted Chukwu and shipped ome items including vehicles to him to sell in Lagos and remit the money to her.
The items include: Toyota Sienna, Toyota 4 Runner, Nissan Path finder, Toyota Sequoia, Honda CRV and 25 pieces of labtops. She alleged that Chukwu sold the items including 14 vehicles and converted the money from the sale proceeds for his personal use.
the case is being investigated by Interpol.