POLICE SPECIAL FRAUD UNIT (PSFU) PSFU-LAGOS ARRAIGNS USA VISA RACKETEER FOR FORGING UNITED NATIONS INVITATION LETTERS & OTHER DOCUMENTS

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23RD MARCH, 2023

POLICE SPECIAL FRAUD UNIT (PSFU)

PSFU-LAGOS ARRAIGNS USA VISA RACKETEER FOR FORGING UNITED NATIONS INVITATION LETTERS & OTHER DOCUMENTS

CP-PSFU ADVISE VISA APPLICANTS AGAINST PATRONISING DOCUMENT VENDORS.

Operatives of Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) attached to the Diplomatic Section have arrested and arraigned one Abioye Abolaji, male; on an Eleven-Count Charge bordering on alleged Forgery, Obtaining Money by False Pretence, False Representation and Stealing.

The arrest of the suspect was in furtherance to a petition from the Diplomatic Security Services (DSS) Regional Security office at the United States Consulate General (USCG), Lagos; which requested discrete investigation into forged documents submitted by certain C-2 Visa applicants to the Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) Unit of USCG. C-2 Visa is a NIV category reserved for participants at United Nations (UN) Conference/Events.

Investigation by USCG and PSFU into 77 C-2 applications from 24 organisations in Nigeria to attend 2 separate Conferences, namely, 67^th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and UN 2023 Water Conference scheduled to take place in New York between 22nd-24th March, 2023; revealed that most of the applicants are not qualified for the Visa classification they applied for because the applicants provided forged UN Invitation Letters.

The applicants, who claimed to be employees of Osun & Sons Agricultural Venture, Ray D. Exclusive Electrical Contractor, or ACE Technoresources Integrated Services; planned to attend UN Water Conference as a representative or nominee of these organisations but investigation revealed that none of the organisation is in consultative status with the UN and that the employment of most of the applicants had no bearing to either of the referenced UN Conferences.

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