The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
Ibadan Zonal Office recently arrested Osemwingie Ede Joseph, Idede Stanley and
Oseyomwanbor Marvelous for offences bordering on stealing and obtaining money
under false pretence running to the tune of over N120,000,000.00 (One Hundred
and Twenty Million Naira).
The suspects, Ede (59), Stanley (20) and Marvelous (19) were arrested
respectively following a petition received by the commission from a complainant
(name withheld) , who alleged that sometimes in October 2016, he made payment
for a trip in one of the Nigerian Airlines (name withheld) via their website
for himself and three of his colleagues from Lagos to Port Harcourt. Whilst
trying to pay, he had difficulty with the platform and decided to call the
contact Number on the website.
According to the petition, the fellow who attended to him via the call
instructed him to proceed to ATM and effect a transfer which he did immediately
and transferred the sum N120,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira
Only) to an account allegedly belonging to one Oghenetejiri Stanley Idede. After
payment, all efforts to get his payment approved cohorts; Idede Stanley and
Oseyomwanbor Marvelous were the syndicate behind the fake transaction.
However, investigations further revealed that there are two others:
Francis Otagogo Ojemiri and Uhunmwangho Aisosa Charles, who are still at large.
The fraudsters, including those at large, operated over Fifty accounts in
different banks with which they defrauded unsuspecting victims to the tune of
over N120,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty Million Naira).
These fraudsters allegedly hosted cloned websites of Airlines and other
online services providing organisations, to fleece unsuspecting members of the
public of their hard-earned money. Members of the public are warned through
this exposure to exercise more caution while patronising online business
platforms.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are
concluded.
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