FAKE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ARRESTED OVER CYBER CRIME
The statement added that the suspect further confessed that the suspect disclosed that he operated with email account: [email protected] and defrauded one Mr. Omar Es Sh Deeb,adding that the suspect whose specialty is Business Email Compromise BEC, said his modus operandi involves searching for email addresses via Google search and sending convincing emails to prospective victims.
‘Onyebuchi was arrested on December 6, 2019, at Owerri in Imo State. At the point of his arrest, the following items were recovered from him: A HP Laptop Envy with serial number CND62544TZ; HP Laptop with serial number SCD8022CSF; iPhone X; Nokia phone, ECOWAS International Passport-55389766, Drivers Licence and a Toyota Venza with registration No. LSR 23 FQ’.
The Commission said,an analysis of the HP Envy Laptop revealed quite a number of scam mails sent by Onyebuchi to one of his victims, an Arabian Omar Deeb , with bogus contract proposals purported to have emanated from CBN , while he posed as Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) Governor. Onyebuchi successfully defrauded Mr. Deeb who remitted funds, thinking he was actually dealing with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor.
Penpushing further reports that, the statement said,though Onyebuchi confessed to have benefited as much as N4.5million from his criminal enterprise, adding that investigation into the scam continues.
