The duo of Egbedayo Semilore and Elijah Jeremiah, aka
(jerry) are now cooling off in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) reports ITRealms.
Jerry, 29, a self-styled fashion Director of Datsol
Industries Limited was arrested for alleged Internet fraud. While Semilore, 26,
engages in Internet love scam, Jeremiah, 29, is a predator on online auction
sites.
EFCC confirmed to ITRealms that 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.
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.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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Pix: Semi and Jerry @EFCC
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