EFCC Arrests Nigerian Students, Others with Their Fetish Items, Laptops Used for Fraud aka Yahoo Plus (Photos)
EFCC Arrests Nigerian Students, Others with Their Fetish Items, Laptops Used for Fraud aka Yahoo Plus (Photos)
Following a petition received by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, some students in Ogun State and others, have been arrested by the operatives of EFCC for internet fraud.
A Yahoo boy with his materials (Photo: EFCC)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos zonal
office, has arrested seven National Diploma (ND) students of the Moshood
Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State for alleged offenses
bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretenses and
possession of forged documents.
The suspects - Adesina Olalekan, Makinde Noheem, Toheeb Ogunowo,
Somotun Olusola, Somotun Sodiq, Tajudeen Hafeez Bolaji and Kareem
Olaseni - are studying various courses in the institution.
Suspects of internet fraud (Photo: EFCC)
They were arrested alongside Iyun Ifeoluwa, Odusanwo Ibrahim,
Obanijesu Opeyemi Soneye, Azeez Olayinka, Babatunde Ajala, Ojejimi
Ademola, Aderowunmi Ayomide and Oluokun Oluwaseun by operatives of the
Commission within Abeokuta and its environs on August 17, 2016,
following a petition received by the Commission about their activities.
The suspects, who were said to be living flamboyantly, were alleged
to be involved in internet scam, forgery of financial instruments and
lottery scam, among others.
One of the suspects, Olaseni, a 21-year-old Business Administration
student, was said to have created a Facebook account with the name Dean
Robert, with which he interacted with his victims.
In his statement, Olaseni gave a blow-by-blow revealed his modus operandi, saying, “I
tell them (his victims) that they have won Facebook Lottery. I have
people who receive the money sent by the victims. Then, the money is
remitted into my personal accounts domiciled in GTBank and Skye Bank.”
A number of items, including laptops, forged documents, were recovered from the suspects during their arrests.
The suspects will be charged to court after investigations are concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
EFCC spokesman.
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