The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has
arrested the duo of Egbedayo Semilore
and Elijah Jeremiah aka (jerry), a self styled fashion Director of Datsol
Industries Limited for alleged Internet fraud.
While Semilore, 26, engages in Internet
love scam, Jeremiah, 29, is a predator on online auction sites.
Semilore while posing as an Afghan based US Army
officer with the names Sergeant Shaft Pagan and Perrie Edingson allegedly
defrauded unsuspecting ladies. His last victim is one P. J. (full names withheld),
a US national from whom he claimed to have obtained about Four million naira
(N4m) in tranches and bought himself a car.
Though arrested differently, the suspects have
both made confessional statements. Jeremiah confessed to using fake instruments
to order goods from China through online auction sites. According to him, he
downloads Letters of Credit purportedly issued by Scotia Online Financial
Services of Scotia bank worldwide from Google with which he pays for his
purchases.
The auctioneers, unaware of his antics often
fall victim of his game by shipping the goods to him ahead of confirmation of
payment.
Semilore, during interrogation also confessed to
have used proceeds of romance scam to sustain a flamboyant lifestyle and bought
himself a 2010 Lexus car which he registered in his mother’s name.
Operatives recovered several items from the
suspects. One laptop, three modems, one iphone and two Nokia phones,
international Passport, forged Union Bank Statement of Account with NUBAN
number:10141411389 for Datsol Industries Limited and an envelope
containing several documents were recovered from Jeremiah.
Also, three identity cards bearing different
names and biodata, a 2010 Black Toyota Lexus car with registration number
(Lagos) SMK 475 EH, two laptops and one Blackberry Passport phones were
recovered from Semilore. Several scam mails were also found and retrieved
from his laptops.
They will be arraigned in court as soon as
investigation is completed.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media &
Publicity
23rd
September, 2016
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