The Lagos State Police Command says it has dismantled an alleged criminal syndicate that defrauded vehicle dealers by obtaining vehicles with dud and post-dated cheques before reselling them for personal gain.
The operation was carried out by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Tijani Fatai.
In a statement shared on Tuesday on X, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Adebisi, stated that the breakthrough followed investigations into three separate cases that uncovered what investigators described as a coordinated criminal network.
According to the statement, the syndicate allegedly used false representations and fraudulent payment instruments to obtain exotic vehicles from unsuspecting dealers before disposing of them.
“The breakthrough followed investigations into three separate cases, which revealed a coordinated syndicate that fraudulently obtained exotic vehicles from dealers using false representations and dud or post-dated cheques before disposing of the vehicles for personal gain,” the statement said.
