Operatives from the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have arrested as alleged suspected internet fraud kingpin, Akegor Godbless Omamuyorwi.
The suspect was alleged to have defrauded a Canadian woman of $390,950.34 Canadian in a romance scam.
A statement by the EFCC Public Relations Officer, Wilson Uwujaren, yesterday and made available to journalists, said the suspect who is also a chief in his Agbaro Community, was arrested at his palatial home in Ughelli, Delta State.
According to him, his arrest was as a result of a petition from a bank following a complaint by a Canadian resident, alleging that she had transferred the sum of $390,950.34 Canadian to two different accounts in the same bank and that she suspects it was a scam.
He said investigations showed that the suspect was involved in a romance scam and presented himself as Mr Sheri Hunt, an oil worker in Milan, Italy to his victim.
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