A banker and Account Officer with Access Bank, Ojo Adefemi Adedoyin, who
allegedly connived with one Favour Oriafoh, 30, to defraud a Hong Kong
national, Xu Yue of £79,000 (Seventy Nine Thousand Pounds) have been
arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Their
arrest came, following investigation into a petition received from the
Hong Kong Police Force, that the young lady was a victim of romance scam
traced to Nigeria.
Admitting to the crime, Oriafoh who goes by
the con name, Terry Mac, confessed that he opened a FaceBook account in
the name, just to defraud whoever falls prey to his baits.
“She had fallen in love with me as Terry Mac, a football agent,” he said.
He
thereafter took advantage of her love and defrauded her of the said
amount, using the domiciliary account of one Adeyemi Hassan Adedeji.
During
interrogation, he confessed that the Banker, Adedoyin, provided him
with the domiciliary account information to which the money was
transferred to.
“The agreement was that whatever funds were
received through the account, the account officer and the owner of the
account will be entitled to 15 per cent of the funds,” he confessed.
The Banker has made useful information to the Commission and they will soon be charged to court.
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