PHOTO: New Year Eve, EFCC Arrests 21 Internet Fraudsters at Luxury Home
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, have arrested 21 persons for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.
The suspects are: Shittu Yakubu, Akinsola Afeez, Adeniyi Joseph, Opeyemi Wahab, Idris Sunday, Lawal Moshood, Jubril Yusuf, Olusegun Mohammed, Adekunle Adesanya and Damilola Abijide.
Others are: Sola Adio, Oladipo Ademola, Damilola Adewale, Akinsola Ridwan, Ogunlaye Damilare, Falaye Peters, Magnus Toni, Onanuga Ahmed, Bolarinwa Segun, Onanuga Olawale and Ayomide Afeez.
The suspects, who are members of an organized cybercrime syndicate, were arrested on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 during an early morning operation at Roxbury Leisure Homes Phase 2, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Ikota, Lagos, following credible intelligence received by the Commission about their alleged criminal activities.
Investigations revealed that the suspects had allegedly been defrauding unsuspecting members of the public of their hard-earned money before their arrest.
Items recovered from the suspects at the point of arrest are 12 vehicles, mobile phones and laptop computers.
They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
31 December, 2020
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Three Fraudsters Jailed in Uyo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Office has today secured the conviction of Ekemini Akaninyene, Ikekha Martins and Peter Alban. They were convicted on charges of impersonation, phishing and hacking of e-mail accounts by Justice Adamu Mohammed of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt Rivers State.
The trio , based on a plea bargain agreement by the parties, pursuant to Section 270 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015, pleaded ‘guilty’ to the separate one count charge preferred against them by the Commission
Following the adoption of the plea bargain agreement , Justice Adamu Mohammed convicted and sentenced the defendants to six months imprisonment each, with the option of a fine of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N150,000) only.
The court further ordered the forfeiture of all the instruments used by the convicts in committing the crimes to the Federal Government.
The convicts were arrested in Uyo Akwa Ibom State on December 11, 2020.
Documents recovered from his email showed that Akaninyene posed as an American porn star, Ashley Adams, with the intent to defraud; while Chigozie Alban was sending bulk scam mails, with intent to defraud his victims, most of them American citizens.
Martins was convicted for hacking the Facebook account of one Mr. Godwin and others, with intent to defraud.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
31 December, 2020
