The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed the arrest of a impostor, Mohammed Sani Mohammed, identified as a fraudster impersonating officers of the Commission and defrauding victims on the pretext that he could help them procure soft-landing regarding their cases with the Commission.
EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement narrated that the bubble burst for the scammer when the Commission’s Enugu Command stumbled on intelligence regarding his criminal activities. He added that the Intel was transmitted to the Kano Command which, after weeks of surveillance, arrested the suspect on June 14, 2023.
The EFCC Head of Media and Publicity disclosed that investigation so far revealed that the suspect had obtained the sum of N4, 667,000 (Four Million, Six Hundred and Sixty Seven Thousand Naira) from his victims before his arrest.
According to the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, it was discovered that, apart from impersonating EFCC officials, the suspect has severally impersonated personnel of the military and other security services. He said that the suspect will be charged to court upon conclusion of the investigation.
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