Sequel to increasing cases of fraudulent schemes targeting Point-of-Sale operators, the Nigerian Police Force, Kwara State Command has called on POS operators to exercise caution in carrying out illicit financial transactions.
Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the spokesperson of the command made this call in a statement released on Monday.
”The Kwara State Police Command wishes to draw the attention of members of the public, particularly Point-of-Sale (POS) operators and financial service providers, to a growing trend of sophisticated fraud schemes being perpetrated by criminal elements suspected to be operating across state lines.”
” Some individuals from outside the State are engaging POS agents in transactions involving large sums of money… In most cases, these transactions are processed with the expectation of small commissions or service charges, making POS operators unknowingly complicit in illicit financial activities.”
“Such POS agents are sometimes visited by law enforcement authorities from other jurisdictions for interrogation and arrest, with demands to account for the whereabouts of the supposed sender or recipient of the funds, who are often untraceable criminal actors,”
“Operators are hereby directed to promptly report any transaction involving significant sums of money to the nearest Police Station or security agency before completion or disbursement,”
