Internet fraud: EFCC nabs two suspected FBI-linked scammers

Two suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission – The suspects are linked to the on-going collaborative investigations between the EFCC and the Federal Bureau of Investigation – The suspects were separately arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers state and Imo state The Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two suspected internet fraudsters linked to the on-going collaborative investigations between the EFCC and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Legit.ng gathers that the disclosure was made in a statement by the commission on Saturday, August 31. According to the statement, the suspects were separately arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers state and Imo state. The statement read: “One of them, Ogbonnah Atoukaritou, a leader of a loose syndicate of fraudsters allegedly engaged in Business Email Compromise, BEC, was arrested in Port Harcourt while the other suspect, Alpha Chidi Egbeonu, suspected to be involved in defrauding a US-based victim, Goldberg Segalla LLP and other yet to be identified victims, was arrested in Owerri.”

The anti-graft agency recovered items such as laptops, android phones, land documents, hard disks, Central Processing Unit, warehouse and a recently built house, from the suspects.

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