Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Inernet Fraud: EFCC arrest 34 years Old Delta Chief

Internet Fraud: EFCC arrest 34 years Old Delta chief, seizes mansion, 

Inernet Fraud: EFCC arrest 34 years Old Delta Chief, Seizes Mansion,  By daily POst > ratives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from the Benin Zonal Office have arrested a suspected internet fraud kingpin, Akegor Godbless Omamuyorwi. EFCC, in a statement on Thursday, noted that Omamuyorwi was nabbed at his palatial home in Ughelli, Delta State. It said the arrest of the 34-year-old, a chief in his Agbaro Community, was triggered by a petition from a bank following complaint by a Canadian resident, who alleged that she had transferred the sum of $390,950.34 Canadian dollar to two different accounts in the same bank and suspected a scam. Preliminary investigations showed that Omamuyorvi was involved in romance scam and presented himself as Mr Sheri Hunt, an oil worker in Milan, Italy to his victim. It added: “He hoodwinked his ‘lover’ victim with the impression that he was sending her a package but demanded for money under the pretext of paying medical bi...