EFCC has arrested six suspected Internet fraudsters in separate raids carried out at various times across a number of locations in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
The suspects: Chemezie Valentine
Ezeife, Onwochei Chibuzor John, Onwochei Joel, Marvin Nwankwo, Prince
Ojenike, and Jude Olatekobowale, were arrested following a tip-off.
Ezeife
was arrested on January 16, 2019 at the Life Camp residential area in
Abuja, following intelligence reports of shady activities traced to him.
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Among items recovered from him were a Mercedes Benz C300,
Toyota Camry and Lexus Jeep, Seagate hard drive, 4 laptop computers,
various wrist watches, two iPhones and blackberry phones, and a Samsung
phone. Several suspicious emails were also traced to his account.
Investigation
into the activities of another syndicate traced to the Nova Estate in
Apo, led to the arrest of Joel and John (both brothers). John the
younger of the brothers confessed that he got involved in Internet fraud
as a student of the Delta State University.
He successfully
defrauded one Miss Lynese from Zambia, using Facebook, in the guise that
he was one Carlos Gomes, a British citizen. Among items found in his
possession were iPhones, 2 laptops, a Range Rover, Benz E350, Toyota
Camry and a landed property in Edo State
His brother, Joel,
confessed that he got into yahoo yahoo through his brother, and asked
him to teach him how to go about love scam.
The residence of a
seventh suspect, Owootomo Tomilola Sunday, 22, was also raided at the
Gwarimpa axis. He is involved with hackers who compromise e-mail of
multinationals and other prominent companies.
Among items
recovered from Owootomo, who is currently at large, are two Bugatti
cars, a Mercedes Benz GLK, Mercedes Benz car, Porshe, $49,000 and duplex
worth N300 million. They will be charged to Court as soon as
investigations are concluded.
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