EFCC: Anti-graft agency arrest 5 undergraduates, 12 others for alleged internet fraud

EFCC: Anti-graft agency arrest 5 undergraduates, 12 others for alleged internet fraud

- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has continued to intensify its war against internet fraud

- The anti-graft agency has again arrested five undergraduates and 12 others for alleged internet fraud

- Major arrests have been made by the EFCC in different parts of the country

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested five undergraduates and 12 others for alleged internet fraud.

Legit.ng gathers that the anti-graft agency made the disclosure on its official Twitter page on Tuesday, October 8.

The EFCC also released pictures of the suspects but their names were not disclosed on the anti-graft agency's Twitter page.

The war against internet fraud has been one of the priorities of the EFCC, a campaign that has led to the arrest of several suspected internet fraudsters in different parts of the country.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a Federal High Court in Lagos reportedly granted an ex-parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the forfeiture of N280 million linked to Obinwanne Okeke.

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Okeke who is popularly known as Invictus Obi was arrested by operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US for conspiring to commit fraud of over $11 million.

Justice Rilwan Aikawa granted the EFCC temporary forfeiture of the money linked to Obi on Monday, October 7.

The commission said “it traced the said amount to Okeke in bank accounts of Invictus Oil and Gas Limited and Invictus Investment Limited".

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Okeke, 31, is being accused in the US of conspiring to commit fraud of over $11 million.

The EFCC said in the application that the temporary “forfeiture order was necessary to prevent the companies from tampering or dissipating the money which is reasonably suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities”.

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