A GERMAN woman, Rahel Tecle,  has been accused of duping  a Kaduna-based indigenous company of about N2.94 billion ($195,750) worth of 1,305 carats of rough diamond.

The company, Dan Arewa Investments Limited, which deals  in solid minerals, has already petitioned the German Ambassador to Nigeria over the matter which it described as “419” and copied the petition to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation as well as the Inspector General of Police.

In the petition to the ambassador, signed by counsel to the company, Mr. Sanusi Mohammed, the firm was said  to have sold the alleged  amount of diamond to the German in 2004 with an understanding that she would pay for it at a later date.

“Surprisingly, having taken delivery of the items, the buyer fled back to Frankfurt, circumvented the above agreement and failed, refused and neglected to pay our client the value of the said solid diamonds despite repeated demand for same which lasted for over a year,” the firm stated.