EFCC Press Release
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For swindling a 75-year –old woman of 200,000 Euros in a romance scam, a
31-year-old confidence trickster, Adio Opeyemi Michael, an indigene
of Owu Local Government Area of Ogun state, has been arrested by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The victim, a certain Jeanet De
Jonge, is a Dutch national.
Adio allegedly met the victim on the ‘Net log’ dating site and pretended
to be a 41-year-old American citizen, working as a chef in a Nigerian
restaurant and needs a wife.
The profile attracted Jeanet and, in no time, began sending him money
through Western Union and Money Gram.
“She was sending me money monthly, ranging from $800 to $900 from
June 2012, through Western Union Money transfer and Money Gram to the extent
that Western Union blocked her from sending money to me in Nigeria. So
she requested that I should go to London to enable her send me money there. I
contacted a friend of mine in London called Osas Odiah, so that he can receive
the money and send to me here in Nigeria. She first sent €2000 to my friend’s
account in London, and later to my Keystone bank account, which was actually a
Forex Trade account. We started using this account when we discovered that my
friend was not remitting all the money sent by Jeanet to me,” the suspect
revealed.
Investigations further revealed that the suspect collected the various
sums under the pretext that he was going to use the money to perfect his travel
plans and obtain the required documents that would enable him travel to Holland
to join or visit Jeanet. But his inability or refusal to honour the invitation
from Jeanet prompted the petition to EFCC.
The suspect
will be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
4th September, 2014
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