Operatives
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have apprehended an
internet fraudster while he was trying to withdraw N15 million.
Fidelis Iruedo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday,
January 24, 2018, arrested one Fidelis Iruedo, a suspected love scammer,
for allegedly defrauded a United Kingdom citizen of £30,000
(N15,428,354) in a romance scam.
Luck ran out of Iruedo, 31, after a petition to the Commission by
the Nigerian High Commission, London, on behalf of one Alan Digweed, a
UK citizen, alleging that the suspect had defrauded his victim of the
said amount of money.
Investigations by the EFCC revealed that Iruedo, who voluntarily
confessed to the crime, met his victim between July and December 2017,
via a date site, match.com.
The suspect, while parading as a lady, procured British passport
using the name ‘Tracy Anderson’ with which he used to defraud the
victim. He was arrested in Abuja, during an attempt to make withdrawal
in a bank.
On arrest, items recovered from him include: several scam letters, 3
flash drives, 1 iphone and a laptop computer. The suspect will be
arraigned in court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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