The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) says it has recovered N216,402,565.05 from Swiss Golden
Investment, an online investment company.
A statement from the commission
said the investigation shows the company “has defrauded over seven thousand
Nigerians to the tune of over N3 billion”.
It said the recovery was sequel
to a petition the commission received from complainants who alleged they
invested in the company “advertised as an online investment that deals with
buying and selling of gold bars”.
The statement quoted the
petitioner as saying the company refused to pay them any dividend or their
capital after “investing over a billion naira into the business”.
On receiving the petition, the
EFCC invited the petitioners and through intelligence, arrested one Maxim
Lobaty, a Russian(pictured), and two Nigerians: Austin Emenike and Dickson
Nonso Onuchukwu in Lagos.
“The trio were subsequently
conveyed to the Kano operational zone of the EFCC for further investigation,”
the EFCC said.
“Swiss Golden was discovered
through investigation to be a Ponzi scheme that was designed to defraud
innocent victims of their hard earned money.
“After being drilled at the
commission’s Kano zonal office, Maxim and his co-suspects consented to the
refund of the investment. Subsequently, a total sum of N216,402,565.05 have now
been recovered.”
“Investigation into the alleged
fraud is still ongoing and all efforts are being made to recover the money
involved and the alleged suspects be brought to justice,” it said.
Many Nigerians are registered
with Swiss Golden which has a networking angle, just like MMM now of late
memory.
Information on its website shows
that participants are meant to buy gold, partner with the company as
advertising agents while encouraging other prospective partners to also
register to get a bonus in return.
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