Nigerian Arrested in India for ‘Paying Hospital Bill With Fake Currency Notes’

Omoidada Omoragbon, a 62-year-old Nigerian, was recently arrested by the police in India after allegedly paying for a medical treatment bill with fake currency notes.

According to the Times of India, the IVF clinic, where the Nigerian had taken his wife to for treatment, found out that a sizeable part of the Rs 128,000 (an equivalent of N701,000) payment he was supposed to make was done using counterfeit notes.

The clinic, after it decided to use a bank verification machine to verify the payment, found out that 58 notes out of the Rs 2000 denomination (about N635,000) presented by Omoragbon were fake.

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The Nigerian was last week denied bail at a sessions court after it was alleged that the act was deliberate.

“At this stage, that is, at the time of filing of charge sheet, it cannot be said that there is no evidence against the accused and that he is not involved in the commission of the offence,” the court said.

“In such circumstances, if the accused is released on bail, there is possibility that he would tamper with evidence and abscond from India.”

Despite his bail denial, Omoragbon insisted he was innocent, claiming there was no evidence against him. He also claimed that either the officials working at the IVF clinic or bank officials could have tampered with the notes.

FIJ