OMG! MAN FORGES OWN DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR INSURANCE FRAUD!!! A couple, Banjo Omotosho, 35 and his wife, Ebun, 29 have been arraigned before a Somolu Magistrate’s Court for allegedly forging a death certificate in a bid to defraud the Niger Insurance Company of the sum of N1.08m. Punch reports: The alleged crime was said to have been detected at the insurance company located on the Anthony end of the Ikorodu Expressway. It was learnt that Banjo had approached the insurance company with his wife, Ebun, to take a life insurance policy under the names, Ojo Alabi Kingsley, and Ojo Motunrayo, respectively. Banjo was said to have claimed that Ebun (Motunrayo) was his daughter and hence his next of kin. The life insurance was said to have been taken in May, while a premium of N50, 000 was paid to the company. However on August 4, Ebun (Motunrayo) allegedly approached the company and said her father had died in an accident, hoping to claim the benefit of N1, 080, 000 attached to the insurance policy. Ebun was said to have allegedly presented a police report, and a forged death certificate signed by one Dr. Lawal of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, dated May 29. The medical report reportedly indicated that he died of hemorrhagic shock. In addition, Ebun allegedly obtained an attending physician certificate that Alabi Ojo Kingsley had been under his (doctor’s) care for two years, which was co-signed by two law firms located in Gbagada area of the state. Niger Insurance Company was said to be in the final stages of verification of claims when residents of the purported address where the ‘deceased’ lived denied knowing anyone by the name. Omotosho and Ebun were then arrested after the fraud was uncovered. They were arraigned on three counts of conspiracy, forgery and intent to defraud. The matter was adjourned till December 10. Credit: Punch
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 12:02:12 +0000
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