Crime
See the faces of ‘yahoo boys’ arrested by EFCC
EFCC on Monday, said it has arrested five suspected internet fraudsters, aka ‘Yahoo boys’ in Enugu.
The statement, released by the Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said the suspects were picked up from their hide out at No. 26 and 42, Chimaobi Uba Street, GRA, Enugu following an intelligence report.
Uwujaren said, “The suspects, Uche Nwakor, 27; Ejikeme Oluchukwu, 30; Ifeanyi Ejikeme, 28; Nnamani Ikechukwu,30 and Ibe Kodili are alleged to be serial scammers who have defrauded several victims.
“Some of the items recovered from the suspects include, $8,227; N73,000.00; eight exotic cars; nine laptops; 21 mobile phones; two internet routers; one currency counter and one Sony camera.
“Other incriminating items found with the suspects include four drivers’ license bearing different names with same photograph, five flash drives, two external hard drives, various bank cheques, ATM and Master cards, 1 HP printer, a black traveling bag with 12 different identity cards, a company metal seal, two international passports belonging to the same person, among other items.”
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