Alleged Fraud: Chinmark Group CEO declared wanted

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

The Nigeria’s Police has declared Chinmark Group CEO, Ijiomah Marksman Chinedu wanted for fraud.

The businessman was declared wanted over alleged N480 million investment fraud.

Chinedu warrant of arrest was issued by the magistrate court of lagos, and he is expected to appear before the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Interpol, and Force Headquarters in Abuja.

The declaration also followed a petition by Chive GPS, a dispute resolution company that provides debt recovery solutions and other strategic services in Nigeria, on behalf of a client who had sent N480,013,000 into multiple bank accounts controlled by a marksman.

Part of the petition reads,”We are retained by and others “our clients,” and on whose express instruction we write to lay a criminal complaint of well-orchestrated theft, fraud, and obtaining money by false pretenses against the trio of Ijiomah Marksman, Marksman Uhunoma Trinity, and Chinmark Group, herein referred to as “MARKSMAN.”

“Sometime in 2020 and 2021, MARKSMAN invaded the social media space and other mediums advertising for investment and posed as investment moguls that can manage the public’s funds for investments in real estate, hospitality, trading, and financial loans, in exchange for a fixed return at a predetermined rate and duration.”

To prevent Chinedu from fleeing the country, the petition sought to have him place on global “red notice”.