Another
internet fraudster defrauding lonely people abroad has been nabbed by
the operatives of the anti-graft agency in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Obohor John Damilola
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC has arrested one Obohor John Damilola for Internet
fraud.
Obohor, a 26-year-old student of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti,
fleeces unsuspecting victims on military dating sites while posing as
Nigeria-based US Army Officer by the name Sergeant Frank Mcghee.
At the point of arrest, EFCC operatives recovered one voter’s card and a debit card bearing Obohor John Damilola from him.
The Commission got wind of his fraudulent activities through series intelligence reports on his suspicious transactions in one of the branches of an old generation bank in Ado Ekiti, through which he received about Seven Million, Four Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety Nine Naira (N7,453, 799.00) from victims.
The victims includes one L. D Marte who lost Six Million, Two Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two Naira (N6,216,732) to the suspect.
At the point of arrest, EFCC operatives recovered one voter’s card and a debit card bearing Obohor John Damilola from him.
The Commission got wind of his fraudulent activities through series intelligence reports on his suspicious transactions in one of the branches of an old generation bank in Ado Ekiti, through which he received about Seven Million, Four Hundred and Fifty Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety Nine Naira (N7,453, 799.00) from victims.
The victims includes one L. D Marte who lost Six Million, Two Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two Naira (N6,216,732) to the suspect.
Others are P. Martinez, six Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand Eight
Hundred and Eighty Seven naira (N672,887.00); E. Rosales, Thirty
Thousand and Sixty Five Naira (N30,065.00) and R. Rosario, Five Hundred
and Thirty Four Thousand One Hundred and Fifteen Naira (N534,115.00).
Obohor, who confessed to the crime, claimed he was forced to embrace the scam to raise money to finance his education.
He will be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is completed.
Obohor, who confessed to the crime, claimed he was forced to embrace the scam to raise money to finance his education.
He will be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is completed.
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