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Man Who Claimed To Be EFCC Journalist To Defraud People Arrested
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Jun 4, 2025
Man Who Claimed To Be EFCC Journalist To Defraud People Arrested https://osazuwaakonedo.news/man-who-claimed-to-be-efcc-journalist-to-defraud-people-arrested/04/06/2025/ #EFCC #Filipinos #Lagos #PTF ©June 4th, 2025 ®June 4, 2025 2:03 am Nigeria anti corruption police, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested a 63 years old man, Ernesto Chukwudum Chukwukamma who allegedly presented himself as a journalist working with the EFCC to defraud an unsuspecting victim a sum of two million naira with the pretense to help discontinue the investigation of $4.5 billion fraud in the Nigeria Petroleum Trust Fund, PTF. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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nigeria Anti-Corruption Police the
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
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EFCC has arrested a 63 years old man
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Anesto Chukuram Chukama who allegedly
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presented himself as a journalist
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working with the EFCC to defraud an
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unsuspecting victim a sum of 2 million
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naira with the pretense to help
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discontinue the investigation of $4.5
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billion fraud in the Nigeria Petroleum
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Trust Fund PTF
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details of this report and other news is
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made available by the public relations
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department of the Economic and Financial
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Crimes Commission EFCC reads verbatim
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below efcc arrests fake journalists for
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claiming to stop investigation of
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alleged $4.5 billion PTF fraud the
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
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EFCC has arrested a fake journalist
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Anesto Chukuram Chuku for alleged
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extortion impersonation and obtaining 2
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million naira 2 million naira under
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false pretense to influence the
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investigation of the sum of $4 bill500
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million 4 billion 500 million United
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States dollars alleged petroleum trust
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fund PTF fraud chuku Kama 63 was
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arrested for allegedly threatening the
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life of a petitioner and receiving
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financial inducement from him to stop
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the investigation of $4 bill500 million
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alleged petroleum trust fund PTF fraud
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the suspect allegedly presented himself
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to the petitioner as a journalist
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attached to the EFCC
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he also allegedly informed the
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petitioner that other journalists who
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are members of a correspondent chapel
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attached to the commission had a report
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of how he stole the sum of $4 bill500
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million o in the process of winding up
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the activities of the petroleum trust
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fund investigation revealed that the
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suspect had already received the sum of
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2 million naira 2 million naira from the
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petitioner and was arrested while
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attempting to withdraw the funds he will
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be charged to court upon conclusion of
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investigation lagos court jails eight
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Filipinos for cyber terrorism internet
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fraud justice Alexander Oawawaii of the
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Federal High Court sitting in Aoyi Lagos
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on Tuesday May 27th 2025 convicted and
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sentenced eight Filipinos to one-year
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imprisonment each for cyber terrorism
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and internet fraud the convicts are
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Bevelin Casino Mayoral Mary Grace Dina
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Cruz Jamal Pi Trisha Castro Rayamara
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Cherry De Leon and Danica Jarapan they
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were arraigned on Tuesday by the Lagos
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zonal director at one of the economic
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and financial crimes commission EFCC on
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separate charges of possession of
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fraudulent documents one of the counts
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reads that you Bevelin Casino sometime
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in December 2024 in Lagos within the
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jurisdiction of this honorable court
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willfully caused to be accessed computer
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systems organized to seriously
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destabilize and destroy the fundamental
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economic and social structure of Nigeria
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when you procured employed Nigerian
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youths for identity theft and to hold
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themselves out as persons of foreign
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nationality with the intent to gain a
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financial advantage for yourselves and
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you thereby committed an offense
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contrary to and punishable under section
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18 of the cyber crimes prohibition
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prevention etc act 2015 as amended 2024
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and section 2 3D of the terrorism
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prevention prohibition Act
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2022 they all pleaded guilty to the
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charges when they were read to them in
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view of their p the prosecution council
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NK Akova prayed the court to convict the
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defendants as charged justice Oai
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convicted and sentenced the defendants
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to one-year imprisonment each with a
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fine of 1 million naira 1 million naira
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the judge also ordered the controller
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general of the Nigeria immigration
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service to ensure that the convicts are
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repatriated to their country of origin
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within 7 days upon completion of their
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sentences the devices recovered from the
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defendants were also ordered forfeited
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to the federal government of Nigeria the
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convict's journey to the correctional
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center began when they were arrested by
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operatives of the EFCC for cyber
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terrorism and internet fraud they are
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among the 792 suspects rounded up in
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December 2024 in Victoria Island Lagos
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they were charged to court and jailed
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efcc arraigns man for alleged 23.5
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million naira visa scam in Lagos the
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Lagos zonal director at one of the
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economic and financial crimes commission
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EFCC on Tuesday June 3rd 2025 arraigned
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one a wulam chimes Felix on an 11count
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charge bordering on obtaining money by
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false pretense stealing possession of
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fraudulent documents and forgery to the
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tune of
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23,500,280 naira
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23,500 naira 280 coobo before Justice
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Mojisola Daard of the Special Offenses
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Court sitting in a Lagos chimes
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allegedly promised to help the
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petitioner obtain a United Kingdom visa
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work permit as well as a certificate of
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sponsorship to travel abroad he however
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allegedly reneged on his promise after
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collecting money from the petitioner one
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of the counts reads "A woolam chzi Felix
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trading under the name and style of
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Slenzy Ventures sometime in 2024 at
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Lagos within the jurisdiction of this
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honorable court with intent to defraud
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obtained the sum of
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18,38,000
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naira$18,38,000 naira only from Nikki
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Chi Bonaface by falsely representing
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that the money was for procuring the
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United Kingdom visa and work permit a
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representation you knew to be false
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another count reads that you a woman
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chimes Felix on or about the 10th of
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March 2025 at Lagos within the
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jurisdiction of this honorable court
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with intent to defraud had in your
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possession several fraudulent documents
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one of which is a forged Florida
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driver's license with the name Voyeka
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which you presented to unsuspecting
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victims a representation you knew to be
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false he pleaded not guilty to the
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charges when they were read to him in
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view of this prosecution council MB
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Aisha prayed for a trial date and also
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urged the court to remind the defendant
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at a correctional center pending his
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trial date the defense council Michael O
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in Wigbo however informed the court of a
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pending application for bail for his
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client and also prayed for a short date
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for the hearing consequently Justice
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Daar adjourned the matter till June 17th
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2025 for the commencement of trial and
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also ordered the custodial remand of the
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defendant pending his trial another
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count reads that you a woman chimes
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Felix honor about the 10th of March 2025
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at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this
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honorable court with intent to defraud
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had in your possession several
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fraudulent documents one of which is a
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forged Florida driver's license with the
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name Voyeka which you presented to
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unsuspecting victims a representation
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you knew to be false he pleaded not
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guilty to the charges when they were
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read to him in view of this prosecution
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council MB Aisha prayed for a trial date
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and also urged the court to remind the
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defendant at a correctional center
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pending his trial date the defense
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council Michael O in Wigbo however
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informed the court of a pending
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application for bail for his client and
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also prayed for a short date for the
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hearing consequently Justice Daar
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adjourned the matter till June 17th 2025
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for the commencement of trial and also
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ordered the custodial remand of the
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defendant pending his trial
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