Operatives of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Akintunde Vincent Abiodun, a
suspected internet fraudster, for defrauding a New Zealand woman the
sum of $267,000, equivalent of N53 million.
According to the EFCC
spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, Akintunde, 37, is a Higher National
Diploma Holder (HND), from Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo State.Uwujaren
said: “ Akintunde defrauded the victim of the said amount by claiming
to be Christopher Williams from United Kingdom.” According to the
complainant, she met Akintunde in a dating site on the internet and
allegedly fell in love with him.
She said Akintunde started
collecting money from her after he claimed to be in possession of
gemstone worth $18,050,000, which he purportedly inherited from his
father.She further said that Akintunde hoodwinked her into
believing that he was coming to New Zealand to settle down with her.
She
alleged that the money she sent to the suspect was received in Malaysia
and Nigeria by persons bearing Norisha, Jalan Klan, and Mohammed Haizam
Bin Fauzin.