Internet fraud have been arrested by the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
In a statement issued by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC
Head, Media & Publicity, The suspects, Arinze
Ihekwo and Chinemelu Utaku, are to be arraigned on
a 13-count charge bordering on alleged Internet
fraud, Email hacking and obtaining money by false
pretence before the Federal High Court, Asaba,
Delta State.
One of the counts of the charge reads: ''That you
Arinze Ihekwo( alias Ihekwo Arinze Christain) on or
about November 1, 2013 in Asaba within the
jurisdiction of this Honourable Court retained the
sum of $34,020.00( Thirty-Four Thousand and
Twenty United States of America Dollars) only in
your current account number:0046750454 domiciled
at Guaranty Trust Bank which sum you reasonably
ought to have known represent proceeds of
unlawful act and thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 15( 2) (d) of the Money
Laundering( Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2012 and
punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act.''
EFCC launched investigation into their activities,
following a petition by the Department of State
Service, DSS.
The Service informed that one Clifford Okemmuo
had, in a separate matter, disclosed that Ihekwo,
( a.k.a. Christian Ihekwo Arinze), belongs to a
syndicate that specializes in cloning unsuspecting
victims' emails in order to trap their financial-
related transactions.
