Fake credit card Purchase, trail on August 5

Manama

Closing arguments will be heard on August 5 in the trial of a Nigerian national accused of fraud and forgery.

The person is suspected of using forged credit cards to purchase valuable items. He was arrested follwing a sting operation in a rug shop. The 33-year-old man reportedly came to Bahrain in 2012 to visit his sister who works at a local mall.

But he later found a job in a real estate company, before establishing his own project in the same field.

His life took another turn when he met a Ghanian national who offered him the forged cards and requested him to use them.

"He told me he would give me share of the money I earn with the card. I used the forged cards in several outlets and made several transactions," the accused said in his statement.

“The last time we met, he gave me a fake card and told me I could make purchases worth BD1100 using it,” he added.

But the accused's luck ran out after he acquainted with a man who posed as the owner of a rug shop. But it turned out later that he was an undercover agent.

"I met him (the undercover agent) and he told me he was the owner of a rug shop. I asked him if it was possible to use credit card in his outlet. He asked me to bring the credit card when I come to make my purchase. And later, as soon as I made the purchase, police surrounded me," the accused explained.