The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has launched investigation of one Felix Osilama Okpoh, an alleged fraudster who turned himself in at the Lagos Zonal Office of the Commission.
According to the publication on EFCC website Okpoh who arrived the Lagos zonal office in the company of his parents is on the watchlist of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI, for his involvement in a $6m internet fraud.
Okpoh who turned himself in on 18 September said he made the move to surrender himself to the Commission out of respect he had for his parents and his resolve to be morally upright.
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FBI in 2019 declared Okpoh, alongside Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson for their alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise, BEC, scheme that defrauded over 70 businesses in the United States, of over $6,000,000
According to the anti-graft agency, the suspect was indicted on August 21, 2019 in the U.S District Court of Nebraska, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud allegedly provided over forty bank accounts to his conspirators, which were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers from their victims totaling over $1,000,000
Written by;
Ifunanya Ikueze
