CRIMES COMMISSION ARREST 4 SUSPECTS FOR ALLEGED FORGING OF MAGU’S SIGNATURE TO DEFRAUD
The statement said the suspects identities include: Onoghere Romina (aka Pastor Joseph Romeo), Emoregan Fidelis Kelly (aka Williams Brian), Sunday Obi (aka Stuart Symington) and Remember Akpobome.
Penpushing further reports that, Uwujaren, said, the suspects were arrested based on an intelligence obtained from their victim, Patricia Dewan Walker, a 60-year-old American, adding that they were alleged to have defrauded her (Walker) of an aggregate sum of $850,000 in a dating scam, when they have started in 2014, when they defrauded her of $375,163.63.
The statement added that, in a bid to further deceive Walker, the suspects, in 2017, forwarded forged documents and letters, including a fake letter of guarantee from EFCC and purportedly signed by the Chairman, Ibrahim Magu and one Yomi Balogun whom they claimed is the Head of Operations, Lagos.
Penpushing also reports that, Uwajuren said, the syndicate in a letter told their victim to pay $157,000 in order to receive “your consignment boxes in our custody of $10 million and another $3 million deposited in our office few days ago by OFAC”.
The statement said, among items recovered from the suspects include forged documents, including ‘Payment Guarantee’ from the Office of the President of Nigeria and mobile phones, adding that the suspects, who have confessed to the crime, will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.
Penpushing reports that in a related development, the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Commission, also arrested a fake ‘Ibrahim Magu’ who has been using the name of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) boss to harass and blackmail bigwigs at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), for bribes to ‘kill’ phantom corruption investigations.
The alleged impostor Robert Swem Terfa was arrested in Juanita Hotel, Port Harcourt, Rivers State where he was holding a meeting with some Directors of the NDDC over a phony offer, to remove their names from the list of individuals being investigated by the EFCC.
Penpushing further reports that Terfa would also be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
