EFCC Press Release
A
suspected internet fraudster, Emeofa
Michael Ikechukwu has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, for allegedly obtaining the sum of One hundred thousand United States
Dollars from a Dane, Hengameh Misepasi in
a romance scam.
Ikechukwu who also go by the alias, Michael Briggs , was
picked up in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
by the Commission’s operatives following a petition from the Nigerian Embassy in
Stockholm, Sweden.
The suspect allegedly met the victim online in February
2013 and falsely represented himself as an American business executive on business
visit to Nigeria.
In the course of
the internet affair, Ikechukwu promised his victim marriage and later began to
make monetary demands on her, using various excuses. Once, he told her that he
had problems with government officials and requested for a loan. He later
cajoled her into partnering with him on a phantom timber business.
The last request he made before he was arrested was a
demand for $10,000 to enable him travel to Denmark to meet her. It was while
he was attempting to draw the $100 sent by the victim( instead of the $10,000
requested) through Western
Union that he was arrested.
The suspect
would be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is completed.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head,
Media & Publicity
18th
January, 2015
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