A 30-year-old suspected internet
fraudster, Victor Ojionu, who specialized in hacking into credits cards
belonging to Nigerians and foreign nationals, have been arrested by operatives
of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at the
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for stealing over N500 million within the space
of five years.
It was gathered that Ojionu, who
is currently undergoing interrogation at the Abuja office of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was alleged to have succeeded in defrauding
his victims using a popular online retail site, Amazon.com, where he allegedly
sells books.
Sources disclosed that the Imo
State-born suspect, designed a payment portal, known as Payoneer, which he
linked to his book-selling website on Amazon.com and he steals credits cards
details and identities of its owner using his payment portal.
It was gathered further that when
Ojionu succeeds in stealing the credit cards details of his victims, he would
proceed in buying baby dippers, wipers, wrist watches and other expensive items
from another online retail store, Alibaba.com in China and send the purchased
items to Ghana, where they would be sold to his waiting buyers.
A source explained that after the
items has been sold, Ojionu would travel to Ghana, retrieve his money from his
buyers and would send the proceeds to Nigeria through a Bureau de Change
operator. The source added that the suspect has succeeded in buying two
expensive cars, three mansions in Abuja, Cross Rivers State and his hometown in
Imo from proceeds of his scam. It was also learnt that the suspect has a
property under construction at Dabo Estate at Life Camp area of Abuja.
Ojionu ran into trouble recently
when one of his victims alerted the police and the EFCC about the theft of his
credit card details and the subsequent withdrawals from his accounts, running
into millions of naira.
The IRT team was drafted to
investigate the case and also arrest and hand over the suspect to the EFCC for
onward prosecution. It was learnt that Ojionu was trailed to one of his
mansions in Abuja and he confessed during his arrest that he was into internet
fraud.
The electrical engineering
graduate of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, stated that he became an internet
fraudster in 2015, during his National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) in Calabar,
Cross Rivers State.
“I learned the internet fraud
business in 2015 during my NYSC days in Cross Rivers and I bought a house worth
N60 million from the deal before I relocated to Abuja, where I bought another
house for N65 million. What I do is mainly on Alibaba by trading with hacked
credits cards. I buy my goods in China and sell them in Ghana and I bring the
proceed to Nigeria where I have invested large portion of it on properties.”
Meanwhile, the police have also
nabbed an alleged serial scammer pretending to be the son of Ned Nwoko,
billionaire entrepreneur and politician. One Emmanuel O. Israel, a.k.a Emzy,
aged 21, posing as Emzy Ned Nwoko Jnr, was arrested in Mbiama, Ahoada West
Local Government Area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State at his friend’s place
after detectives tracked him to the location.
According to sources at the Delta
State police command, the fake Nwoko, Emzy, operated a scam Facebook, Twitter,
WhatsApp and emails to hoodwink the public and defraud unsuspecting Nigerians.
Intelligence also revealed that
the suspect, a native of Rivers State with no blood ties to Prince Ned Nwoko,
had kept physical contacts with several unsuspecting members of the public with
dubious promises of securing financial deals and sundry favours for them, with
intent to extort.
The suspect was arrested with his
sister, Miss Love Israel, for criminal impersonation, conspiracy, defamation of
character and conduct likely to threaten public peace.
Delta State police spokesman, DSP
Onome Onovwakpoyeya, who confirmed the arrest, said investigation was ongoing
in the matter.
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