The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) has dismissed as untrue and unfounded the purported $107,000 (One
Hundred and Seven Thousand United States Dollars) bribe ascribed to EFCC
investigators in the case involving Ezekiel Joseph Oyo, a suspect accused of internet fraud called Picking2, online romance and money laundering.
“The Abuja Zonal Command of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrested Ezekiel Joseph Oyo on
April 5, 2023 at the Life Camp area of Abuja metropolis, sequel to discreet
surveillance and actionable intelligence on his suspected involvement in
internet fraud called Picking2, online romance and money laundering.”
“He was introduced to the fraudulent
practice through one of his friends, Bruno, based in Germany. To ply his
nefarious business, he opened a wallet address with a user name:
Hubert.elwood@outlook.com. “
“Through this wallet address, he
received into his block chain, a total fraudulent transaction of $3,982,260.91(Three
Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty Two Thousand, Two Hundred and Sixty United
States Dollars, Ninety-One Cent).”
“He got the money from Remitano, a
Visual Digital Company based in Seychelles on March 3, 2023. He benefitted
$50,000 (Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) from the fraudulent bitcoin
business.”
“Upon his arrest, investigators at
the Abuja Zonal Command of the Commission undertook his detailed profiling,
granted him administrative bail with two sureties provided by him. It took his
sureties three weeks to meet up with some modest bail conditions offered them
and Oyo was released after the conditions were met.”
“Investigators recovered a total sum
of $27,000( Twenty Seven Thousand United States Dollars) from him and the
recovery was duly reported and documented. It is a blatant lie that
investigators provided sureties for him.”
“Would Sureties provided by
investigators spend three weeks to perfect Oyo’s bail conditions, if indeed
they were provided by them? “
“The purported $107,000 (One Hundred
and Seven Thousand United States Dollars) ascribed to EFCC investigators is
untrue and unfounded. How could a suspect that benefitted $ 50,000 from his
transactions offered $107,000 as bribe?”
“Every wild claim made against
investigators at the Abuja Zonal Command are mere trumped-up fabrications and
should be ignored. All items recovered from him, including a Mercedes Benz C43
AMG, are in the custody of the Commission.”
“Oyo jumped bail and efforts are
being made to bring him to trial for money laundering offences.”
