EFCC Arrests 16-Year-Old, 28 Others For Internet Fraud In Imo

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Comission (EFCC) have arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters in three different locations in Owerri, the Imo state capital on Friday, December 13 2019.

They were arrested following intelligence and three days surveillance on their hideouts in Bishops Courts’Malo Lodge, Umuagu Mbieri and King David’s suite in Owerri.

A 16-year-old undergraduate was among the arrested suspects who are believed to have used different pseudo names to defraud their unsuspecting victims.

Five cars including Lexus RX 350, 2013 model, Lexus RX 330, 2009 model, Lexus ES 300, 2002 model, Toyota Corolla Sport and Toyota Camry and 15 laptops, phones and computer hard-drives had been recovered from the suspects.