Crime & Court

Alleged Internet Scam: EFCC Arrest 15 ‘Yahoo Boys’ In Ibadan

At least fifteen young men were  arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office on Tuesday for internet-related crimes.

Also, the anticorruption agency, EFCC foiled an attempt by a suspected internet fraudster who attempted to flush his phone through a water closet in order to deny access to potentially incriminating data about him.

The 20-year-old suspect, Fisayo Falade, was among the 15 young men arrested in Ibadan for internet-related crimes when the Commission’s operatives conducted a raid on two locations in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

No fewer than ten of the suspects were arrested at Akatanpa Powerline, while the other five were apprehended at Kushenla area of the city.

Ranging between the ages of 20 and 28 years, the suspects were allegedly hiding behind fake names and identities to perpetrate fraud, dispossessing their unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned money.

Reliably gathered, their alleged involvement in internet-related frauds was reported to the Commission by members of their neighbourhood who noticed their expensive ways of life even though they are supposedly undergraduates, without any known source of income.

Items recovered from them include two exotic cars, laptops, mobile phones and several documents containing false pretences.

The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded, a source in the commission disclosed.

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