Six Online Fraudster arrested By EFCC in separate raids carried out at various times across a number of locations in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

The suspects: Chemezie Valentine Ezeife, Onwochei Chibuzor John, Onwochei Joel, Marvin Nwankwo, Prince Ojenike, and Jude Olatekobowale, were arrested following a tip-off.

Ezeife was captured on January 16, 2019 at the Life Camp residential area in Abuja, following intelligence reports of shady activities traced to him. .



Among items recovered from him were a Mercedes Benz C300, Toyota Camry and Lexus Jeep, Seagate hard drive, 4 laptop computers, various wrist watches, two iPhones and blackberry phones, and a Samsung phone. Several suspicious emails were also traced to his account.

Investigation into the activities of another syndicate traced to the Nova Estate in Apo, led to the arrest of Joel and John (both brothers). John the younger of the brothers confessed that he got involved in Internet fraud as a student of the Delta State University.

He successfully defrauded one Miss Lynese from Zambia, using Facebook, in the guise that he was one Carlos Gomes, a British citizen. Among items found in his possession were iPhones, 2 laptops, a Range Rover, Benz E350, Toyota Camry and a landed property in Edo State

His brother, Joel, confessed that he got into yahoo yahoo through his brother, and asked him to teach him how to go about love scam.

The residence of a seventh suspect, Owootomo Tomilola Sunday, 22, was also raided at the Gwarimpa axis. He is involved with hackers who compromise e-mail of multinationals and other prominent companies.

Among items recovered from Owootomo, who is currently at large, are two Bugatti cars, a Mercedes Benz GLK, Mercedes Benz car, Porshe, $49,000 and duplex worth N300 million. They will be charged to Court as soon as investigations are concluded.