EFCC arrests 15 ‘Yahoo boys, recovers coffins, charms, cars
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, have arrested 15 suspected Internet fraudsters for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence, lottery scam and love scam.
The suspects were identified as Adeyemi Tiwatope, 20; Odeyemi Olawale, 20; Nike Afolabi Olaiya, 20; Awe Abimbola Ireti, 23; Yusuf Aliu Oluwafemi, 20; Osidipe Olatunbosun, 24; Tosin Adesanya, 19 and Adeyinka Bello, 17.
Others are: Aliu Lukman, 18; Damilola Fatona, 20; Shonubi Adetola, 18; Adewale Babatunde, 17; Afolabi Lekan, 19; Awe Ayodele, 24 and Adeyemi Gbadebo, 19.
They were picked on Saturday, February 3,2018 in the Shotubo and Awoluwo areas of Sagamu, Ogun State following intelligence report received by the Commission about their criminal activities.
The suspects were said to be living flamboyantly without legitimate sources of income before their arrest.
Items recovered from the suspects include laptops, phones bearing scanned forged documents, six exotic cars, charms and SIM cards, among others.
The anti-graft agency also recovered coffins, calabashes and gourds from the home of a suspected kingpin of a syndicate of fraudsters, Adesanya R. Olaoluwa, who is currently under the EFCC watch.
The suspects will soon be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.
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