The plan of two persons to claim a premium of $92,000 from an insurance company in the United States of America (USA) nearly worked but for the alertness of officials of the National Investment Bank (NIB). The two; Niko Ahmed Ganyo, 50, and Gladys Ofeibea, alias Bridget Braid, 47, were arrested following the suspicion by bank officials that the passport Ofeibea used to claim the money was fake. The two were arrested when they showed up at the bank to collect the money and were placed in custody to assist in investigations. Security sources told the Daily Graphic that Niko had visited a website and found out that the insurance company, MetLife Investors Insurance, was to pay an insurance premium of $92,000 to a widow, Bridget Braid. They said Niko posed online as Bridget and managed to convince the company that "she" had relocated to Ghana. The security Sources said in July this year, Niko engaged the services of Gladys to open an account with the NIB branch at Abeka with the name Bridget Braid following which GH¢2,000 (¢20 million) and GH¢4,000 (¢40 million) were deposited into the account and later withdrawn. According to the sources, sometime this month, Niko furnished MetLife Investors Insurance with the account number for the transfer of the money. They said Gladys, who, as part of the design, put on mourning clothes to indicate that she was mourning her deceased husband, went to the bank to confirm the transfer of the money. The sources said the bank officials requested to see her passport before they could credit her account with the money. The sources said Niko then prepared a passport for Gladys with the name Bridget Braid. According to the sources, upon examination of the passport, the bank officials suspected that it was fraudulent and accordingly notified the police. They said further investigations by the Documents and Visa Fraud Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) confirmed that the passport was fake. They said the passport was originally issued to someone identified as Antoinette Antwi on April 6, 2006 but the suspects substituted Antoinette's picture and forged other details on the passport to make it look as if it belonged to Bridget Braid. Source: Daily Graphic