Kwara CP cautions PoS operators against fraudulent customers, transactions

Commissioner of Police successful Kwara State, Adekimi Ojo, has cautioned Point of Sale operators against fraudulent customers and transactions.

The State Police Command alerted members of the public, peculiarly Point-of-Sale (POS) operators and fiscal work providers, to a increasing inclination of blase fraud schemes being perpetrated by transgression elements suspected to beryllium operating crossed authorities lines.

According to a connection by the spokesperson of the command, SP Adetoun Ejire Adeyemi, successful Ilorin connected Monday, “Intelligence disposable to the Command indicates that immoderate individuals from extracurricular the authorities are engaging POS agents successful transactions involving ample sums of money, often moving into millions of naira, nether the guise of wealth transfers.

“In astir cases, these transactions are processed with the anticipation of tiny commissions oregon work charges, making POS operators unknowingly complicit successful illicit fiscal activities.

“Subsequently, specified POS agents are sometimes visited by instrumentality enforcement authorities from different jurisdictions for interrogation and arrest, with demands to relationship fo...