Juliana Francis
The Port Harcourt Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested nine
suspected internet fraudsters.
The suspects are: Sotonye Orugbane; David Egbunugwu; Emmanuel Chinemerem; Providence Oliver Samuel and Emmanuel Fidelis Nwambu. Others are: Promise Nkwachi; Micah Nimi, Precious Ogadinma and Ebi Micah.
They were arrested in an early morning raid on their hideout in Ozuoba by Obirikwere Road, Choba; NTA Road and Ada George Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Investigations indicate that the suspects specialised in love scam, online Bitcoin scam, identity theft, trading scam, among others.
Items recovered from them include 16 mobile phones of different brands, one HP laptop, two Apple watches and two vehicles. Also recovered are one Lexus ES 350 with registration number Abuja KUJ 412AT and one Toyota Camry 2.4 with registration number Abuja KWL 35 AT .
The suspects will be charged to court as soon investigations are concluded
First Published 2020
