Suspected fraudster,
Onyebuchi Julius, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) for impersonating the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
The commission’s
spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement issued on Friday, said that Julius
was arrested in Owerri, Imo state capital, on December 6. Uwujaren said Julius
had disguised as the CBN governor using emefilegodwin586@yahoo.com as his email
address to defraud one Omar Deeb, among other victims.
The statement read: “A
cyber fraudster (yahoo boy) by name Onyebuchi Nwalozie Julius has been arrested
by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state,
for impersonating the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
“Onyebuchi a native of Ngor-Okpala in Imo state, who claims to be involved into
estate management, confessed under interrogation, that he impersonated the
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele with email account:
emefilegodwin586@yahoo.com and defrauded one Mr. Omar Es Sh Deeb.
“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.”
The EFCC spokesperson
disclosed that two laptop devices, two mobile phones, a Toyota Venza, were
among the items recovered from the suspect while investigation was ongoing
despite Julius’s confession of benefiting at least N4.5 million from his
cybercrime engagements.
