EFCC arrests UNIBEN undergraduate over $12,000 internet scam

<center><img border="0" height="300" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivi9uiNxILUxF8zeUSN07M6xbEaQ_VX5zxlhrs3EsQEoTT-rTcNx5eANjXQxmJPIUar-PiSfIwDuUzNVDFdAGNpVGmLT1CLEF4o-lgwBGkAa6pOQRI32msiTDtU5yTRII6IYnNJqZtK3vF/s1600/unnamed.jpg " width="250"> </a></center><br/>Find the EFCC press statement below...<br/>The Economic and Financial Crimes<br/>Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 30,<br/>2014 arraigned an undergraduate of the<br/>University of Benin, Kenneth Rukewe<br/>Ebule before Justice E. F Ikponmwen of an Edo<br/>State High Court, sitting in Benin- City on a<br/>6- count charge bordering on forgery,<br/>obtaining money by false pretence and<br/>possession of fraudulent documents.The<br/>accused person allegedly duped Sabine Albert,<br/>a German, of the sum of $12, 088, 75 through<br/>fraudulent claims.<br/>Rukewe, 30, a final year student of Computer<br/>and Statistics at the University of Benin, was<br/>arrested by officials of a new generation bank<br/>on May 28, 2014 in Benin City and handed<br/>over to the EFCC for further investigation.<br/>Troubles started for him when Albert alleged<br/>that within two months after he had internet<br/>contact with him, Rukewe fraudulently<br/>obtained the sum of $12,088,75 (Twelve<br/>Thousand Eighty Eight Dollars and Seventy<br/>Five Cents) from him.<br/>Rukewe allegedly posed to Albert as an<br/>English businessman on transit in Nigeria. He<br/>gave his name as Bob Albert and told his<br/>victim that he had a contract with a Nigerian<br/>company worth €1.200, 000.00 and that he<br/>needed a loan to facilitate a transaction with<br/>the company. He promised to pay back the<br/>loan and even doubled it because he was sure<br/>of pulling through the transactions. He also<br/>told Albert that he had complications and<br/>suffered a robbery attack.<br/>Rukewe also falsely told Albert that, a levy of<br/>of N1,975,861 (One Million, Nine Hundred and<br/>Seventy Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and<br/>Sixty One Naira only) was imposed on him by<br/>the Federal Inland Revenue Service for the<br/>release of his International Passport, and a<br/>cheque worth 1, 200,000 Euros. He also<br/>pleaded for a flight ticket to London.<br/>Based on all these, Albert offered to loan him<br/>the money by sending it through Western<br/>Union, only to discover that he had been<br/>scammed.<br/>Investigation also revealed that the suspect<br/>had defrauded other German nationals to the<br/>tune of $110,975.00USD (One Hundred and<br/>Ten thousand, Nine Hundred and Seventy Five<br/>United States Dollars) between May 2013 and<br/>January 2014.<br/>When the charges were read to the defendant,<br/>he pleaded not guilty.<br/>One of the charges read in part:<br/>“Ebule Kenneth Rukewe (a.k.a. Bob Albert), on<br/>or about the 17th day of July, 2013 within the<br/>jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with<br/>Intent to defraud, obtained the sum of $<br/>12,088,75 (Twelve Thousand Eighty Eight<br/>Dollars and Seventy Five Cents) from Sabine<br/>Albert (a German National), under the false<br/>pretence that the money represented part<br/>payment of N1,975,861 (One Million Nine<br/>Hundred and Seventy Kobo) levy imposed one<br/>Bobby Albert (a British citizen) by Federal<br/>Inland Revenue Service for the release of the<br/>International Passport, Cheque worth<br/>1,200,000 Euros and flight ticket to London of<br/>the said Bobby Albert, which representation<br/>you knew to be false”.<br/>In view of the plea of the defendant,<br/>prosecution counsel, Kayode Oni asked for a<br/>trial date and prayed the court to remand the<br/>defendant in prison custody. The defence<br/>counsel, Maureen Morka informed the court of<br/>her application for bail dated September 9,<br/>2014 and prayed the court to grant the<br/>defendant bail.<br/>Justice Ikponmwen granted the defendant bail<br/>in the sum of One Million Naira and two<br/>sureties in like sum. The sureties must be<br/>resident in Benin City and must be gainfully<br/>employed in Edo State. The defendant must<br/>also produce his student identity card.<br/>Justice Ikponmwen subsequently adjourned<br/>the case to November 21, 2014 for hearing<br/>and ordered that the defendant be remanded<br/>in prison custody pending the perfection of his<br/>bail.

EFCC arrests UNIBEN undergraduate over $12,000 internet scam

Find the EFCC press statement below... The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 30, 2014 arraigned an under...

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