INTERNET FRAUD: CONDUIT FOR ARRESTED NIGERIAN FRAUDSTERS IN AMERICA, ARRESTED IN ADO-EKITI
Hear him, ‘you will recall the shock and embarrassment we all suffered as a people when the news about the indictment of 80 Nigerians in massive cybercrime cases investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of the United State was broken last week’.
Penpushing further reports that, Ebelo explained that Ajayi works with other cyber criminals abroad in a highly sophisticated web of conspiracy designed to illegally access accounts of individuals and organizations to defraud them of their money.
“We were able to establish a number of illicit transactions through his Nigerian bank account amounting to over N223 million. Ajayi serves as conduit pipe through which proceeds of crimes reach members of the syndicate. His cuts in the deals total over N75 million.”
“The suspect is still helping the commission in its further investigations. He surely will have his days in court as soon as investigations are concluded and the matter is ripe for prosecution,” ,the commission zonal Head stated.
Penpushing reports that, Ebelo noted that the suspect will be revealed after he had finished providing the anti-graft agency with more information about his crime network which may eventually throw more light to the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) cases, adding that commission was in constant collaboration with the FBI and other international anti-fraud organisations, so as to curb internet crimes and illicit funds transfer.
“The zone is unrelenting on the mandate of the commission to combat all forms of economic and financial crimes, and the effort is yielding result, our longstanding collaborative engagement with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies remains intact and yielding mutual benefits.”
Penpushing further reports that the angi-gratf boss while reading out the achievements of the commission this year, pointed out that commission’s Ibadan zone which covers the South West except Lagos, has arrested a total of 263 suspects for cybercrime related offences
The Zonal Head said, these out of 111 have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms, noting that the zone has recovered huge sums of money in local and foreign currencies which includes N7,461,378, USD56,452, 2,40 Euros, £65, CAD400, as well as landed properties, vehicles, laptops, phones and many others.
Penpushing also reports that, he however called on Nigerians to stop cybercrime, and always do what is right, because ‘Nigeria is our fathers land, and together, we can make it better. Nigerians are known to be creative, hardworking and intelligent’
‘This has been effectively proven by records of many groundbreaking achievements attributed to Nigerian within and outside the shores of the country, many these unusual feats were recorded in foreign land especially the United States of America and the Western world in general.”
