Osemwingie Ede Joseph, Idede Stanley and Oseyomwanbor Marvelous
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 realized
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 other two:
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).
To nip this seemingly novel mode of operation of the internet
fraudsters in the bud, it is imperative for other victims who had made
payments in similar circumstances through fake airline websites to come
forward to oblige the Commission further information that will aid our
investigations through our email address: Ibadantelco@efccnigeria.org
These fraudsters allegedly hosted cloned websites of Airlines and
other online services providing organizations, 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
patronizing online business platforms. The suspects will be charged to
court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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