Bank Wire Fraudsters in EFCC Net Over $200,000 Transfer

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Attempt to steal about $200, 000 (N72, 000, 000) through fraudulent Bank Wire Transfer has landed four suspects in the net of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The arrested suspects were identified as Ajiero Onyeka, Clement Peter, Mustapha Zubiri, and Agbo Austine Taylor.

NewsmakersNG learnt that a team of EFCC operatives swooped on the suspects as they were about to transfer the amount from the account of an unsuspecting foreigner into a domiciliary account in Nigeria.

The Commission was tipped off when the suspects were sourcing for domiciliary account number which they will use to receive the money.

Bank Wire Transfer fraudsters have a practice of using other people’s domiciliary account to receive fraudulent money with the promise of giving the account holder a commission from the money.

In some other instances, some of the account holders will be kept totally in the dark as to the source of the fund. When the transaction is completed, the account holder will become the hunted criminal, while the main perpetrator will disappear without a trace.

The EFCC has warned members of the public to be vigilant and not to give out their account numbers for the purpose of receiving money on behalf of anyone.

EFCC spokesman, Tony Oriade, said that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.