Two Nigerian Fraudsters Arrested in New York Over Credit Card Forgery (Photo)

Two Nigerian-Americans were arrested on Saturday n New York for possessing forged credit cards and a credit card encoder.

Olisa Uzoegwu, 20, and Chidubem Adi, 19, were pulled over after driving through a red light at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning on Long Island in New York. The police officers noticed a bag of marijuana in the backseat of the car and this made them to search the whole car.

During the search, the officers found a credit card encoder and forged credit cards. Mr. Uzoegwu was subsequently charged with four counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument, criminal possession of a forgery device, false personation, and driving without a license.

Mr. Adi was charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, unauthorized possession of marijuana, and false personation.