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Big Catch! EFCC Arrests Suspect on FBI Wanted List, 3 Others for $100m Fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced that its operatives have arrested one Osondu Victor Igwilo and three others for a $100m fraud.

In a statement in Abuja, the anti-graft agency said Igwilo had been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2018.

Igwilo, 52, believed to be the leader of a criminal network of “catchers,” was arrested alongside Okafor Nnamdi Chris, Nwodu Uchenna Emmanuel and John Anazo Achukwu at a studio in the Sangotedo area of Lagos.

The suspects are facing allegations of fraud, money laundering and identity theft to the tune of about $100m.

Before their arrest, Igwilo and his accomplices had allegedly been involved in an advance-fee scheme that involved false promises of investment funding by individuals who impersonated some United States of America, USA, bank officials in person and via the internet.

 

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