EFCC Captures 3 Yahoo Boys For N120 Million Fraud (Photos)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office recently arrested
Osemwingie Ede Joseph, Idede Stanley and
Oseyomwanbor Marvelous for offences bordering
on stealing and obtaining money under false
pretence running to the tune of over
N120,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty
Million Naira).
The suspects, Ede (59), Stanley (20) and
Marvelous (19) were arrested respectively
following a petition received by the commission
from a complainant (name withheld) , who alleged
that sometimes in October 2016, he made
payment for a trip in one of the Nigerian Airlines
(name withheld) via their website for himself and
three of his colleagues from Lagos to Port
Harcourt. Whilst trying to pay, he had difficulty
with the platform and decided to call the contact
Number on the website.
According to the petition, the fellow who attended
to him via the call instructed him to proceed to
ATM and effect a transfer which he did
immediately and transferred the sum N120,000.00
(One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira Only)
to an account allegedly belonging to one
Oghenetejiri Stanley Idede. After payment, all
efforts to get his payment approved seemed
abortive. It was at this point that he realised that
he had been duped, hence his complaint to the
EFCC.
Preliminary investigation by the operatives of the
Commission revealed that one Success
Osemwingie who was the primary suspect
alongside his cohorts; Idede Stanley and
Oseyomwanbor Marvelous were the syndicate
behind the fake transaction.
However, investigations further revealed that there
are two others: Francis Otagogo Ojemiri and
Uhunmwangho Aisosa Charles, who are still at
large. The fraudsters, including those at large,
operated over Fifty accounts in different banks
with which they defrauded unsuspecting victims
to the tune of over N120,000,000.00 (One
Hundred and Twenty Million Naira).
These fraudsters allegedly hosted cloned websites
of Airlines and other online services providing
organisations, to fleece unsuspecting members of
the public of their hard-earned money. Members
of the public are warned through this exposure to
exercise more caution while patronising online
business platforms.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as
investigations are concluded.