Three suspected Internet fraudsters, popularly called yahoo
boys have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren said the
suspects ─ Okpekereke Timothy, Stanley Odjighere, and Teminor Karo ─ allegedly
stole about N806m from a new generation bank.Uwujaren said the EFCC
discovered that the suspects had used the proceeds to fund some projects,
including a hotel, among others.He said, “The EFCC has so far confiscated the following
property, which are proceeds of the crime from the suspects; one uncompleted
59-room self-contain hostel, a twin bungalow in Oghara, Delta State, one
uncompleted hotel project, one bungalow with a swimming pool in Ughelli and a
bungalow in Agbaro. “Others are one Toyota Venza, 2010 model; two Toyota Solara
cars, 2010 model; two Toyota Camry cars, 2010 model and two Honda Accord cars,
2005 model.”
The EFCC spokesman explained that three suspects were
arrested on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.“The trio are part of a syndicate arrested over allegations
of conspiracy, Internet scam and stealing from one of the new generation banks
to the tune of N806, 208,000. Forty others are still at large.“The theft was perpetrated through a system glitch linked to
the fraudsters, in which the bank suffered a huge loss of more than N806m.”It was gathered that the bank had told the EFCC that a
review of transactions involving the bank with Inter-switch Nigeria limited
revealed that the bank was not reimbursed for the transactions consummated on
ATM terminals.Uwujaren said, “It was discovered that while many of the
transactions involved were failed transactions, the amounts involved were not
reversed, and all the customers were seen to have withdrawn the cash amounting
to the sum on each day it happened.“The suspects will be arraigned in court as soon as
investigations are completed.”
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