Police Arrests Edo Big Boys Over N91Million Internet Fraud

The Nigerian Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCC) has arrested one guy identified as Odia Theophilus and Ebo Junior Success at their hideout in Edo, Benin city over alleged N91million internet fraud.

Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Tuesday, December 27th said the suspects are responsible for computer related fraud, identity theft, cryptocurrency fraud and obtaining money by false pretense.

According to the statement, “the duo run a syndicate specialize in defrauding unsuspecting victims from foreign countries by assuming appealing identities of other persons and promising them romantic relationships, under the pretext of which they defraud their victims.

“In the extant case, a report on their activities was received from Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency in Korea through the Interpol National Central Bureau in May, 2021, the suspect approached the victim, one Baek Seong-hee, a Korean National, via a mobile messaging application used majorly in South Korea, in the guise of being a member of the US Armed forces stationed in Yemen.

“The suspect used the pretext of a romantic relationship and defrauded the victim of 259, 637, 941 Korean Won (KRW) worth of cryptocurrency equivalent to about 91million Nigerian Naira.

“They confessed to being a part of a syndicate responsible for these crimes and stated their roles as accomplices who provided bank details for fraudsters in furtherance of their nefarious activities”.