Couple And Yahoo Boys Arrested In Enugu, Expensive Cars And Gadgets Recovered

Couple And Yahoo Boys Arrested In Enugu, Expensive Cars And Gadgets Recovered

A couple and some other suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested in Enugu during a raid by EFCC.

The
South-East Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has raided the homes of two alleged internet
fraudsters: Okechukwu Donald Akachukwu and a couple, Onuora Edgar and
his wife, Onuora Adaora Lynda, at Independence Layout, Enugu.

The
raid was consequent upon the resolve by the Acting Chairman of the
Commission, Ibrahim Magu to intensify the Commission’s fight against
internet and cyber fraudsters across the country.

Intelligence
report gathered by the Commission regarding some people living in
opulence lifestyle without any known means of livelihood revealed that
the suspects have been defrauding many unsuspecting victims of huge sums
of money through their nefarious operations and used such to acquire
choice properties across the zone.

A search conducted on the
houses and premises traced to the suspects, revealed incriminating items
which include: a Mercury Fluorescent lamp used in detecting fake
currencies; suspected counterfeited foreign currencies; telephone
handsets and other items suspected to be tools of their despicable
trade.

Other items recovered from the suspects include: a Toyota Venza SUV, ATM Cards from various banks, and an Apple Macbook laptop.

The suspects will be charged to court as soon investigations into the matter are concluded.