The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi zonal office,
has arrested three suspects for conspiracy and obtaining money by false
pretence to the tune of N7, 107, 540.00.
The suspects- Adewuyi A. Adebayo,31; Osikoya K. Gboyega, 44 and Akintunde
Ogunrinde, 47- were arrested on September 9, 2019 following intelligence about
their activities.
They were arrested at different locations in Lagos State and transferred to
Makurdi, Benue State.
The petitioner alleged that on 18th of February, 2018, he noticed his MTN
line had stopped working as no calls or messages came to his phone and the
phone displayed a message saying,
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‘invalid SIM card’.
He went to the MTN office to lodge a complaint but was told to apply for a
welcome back SIM that was not successful as someone else had swapped his SIM
card in Abia State.
He immediately contacted his account officer at FCMB to inform them of the
development and to change his alert phone number to another line only to
discover that transactions had occurred on his account without his consent.
The threshold limit for online transfers on his account had also been
increased above five hundred thousand Naira and the sum of Seven million, one
hundred and seven thousand, five hundred and forty Naira (N7,107,540.00)
removed from his account.
Further investigations revealed that the suspects masterminded the alleged
fraud.
The suspects will soon be charged to court as soon as investigations are
concluded.