A 33-year-old Ivorian suspected of posing as a German journalist to extort money from women met online was arrested in Deux-Plateaux, Abidjan, according to the Ivorian Press Agency, which cites a Police Secours report.<\/p>\n
The suspect, identified by the initials K. K. C., used the pseudonym “Chris Khan Narkelz.” He presented himself as a German military journalist on a mission for the European Union and promised some interlocutors a serious relationship, marriage, and a move to Germany.<\/p>\n
According to information reported by AIP and several Ivorian media outlets, he then allegedly demanded money for the preparation of supposed travel documents. A first victim is said to have paid 175,000 FCFA before contact was cut off.<\/p>\n
The investigators apprehended him on September 16 in Deux-Plateaux. Another local media outlet reports that he had just received 200,000 FCFA from a woman.<\/p>\n
The man was presented as a suspect in several similar cases. Prosecution and the final classification of the facts fall under the ongoing judicial procedure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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