Six months after being scammed out of a large amount of money, two Pittsburg residents were reunited with their cash thanks to the efforts of Pittsburg police.
After being alerted to suspicious activity as a rental property, Pittsburg police launched an investigation and followed leads that traced the money back to a suspect in Nigeria, authorities said in a Facebook post.
The suspect, Emeka Chris Udeaja, had devised a real estate scheme to scam the Pittsburg victims, launder the money through companies in Chicago and New Jersey, all while in Lagos, Nigeria, police said.
Detective Jonathan Elmore was able to freeze the suspect’s bank accounts and retrieve the money, while Detective Zachary Haller worked through the courts to return the money back to the victims. On Friday, reunited the two victims with checks together amounting to $29,103.
Pittsburg police say the scam should serve as a reminder for residents to use caution when dealing with anything involving wire transfers, real estate or other suspicious sounding transactions.
Pittsburg police can be reached at 925-252-4980.
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