The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) has arrested six internet fraudsters who specialized in designing
organisations' websites and using same to defraud unsuspecting members
of the society.
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| Photo of Suspects, From Right to Left. Number 1 - 6. [1] FALADE OLUWAPELUMI AYOTUNDE – 25yrs [2] ASAOLU VICTOR - 25yrs [3] AWOTE TEMITOPE EMAX - 27yrs [4] FAJOBI OLALEKAN - 27yrs [5] BOLATIRI EMMANUEL ONAOPEMIPO - 25yrs [6] ADEBOMI OLUWATOSIN - 26yrson |
Over Five Million Naira fraudulently collected from several unsuspecting students
Press Release, today, July, 26, 2014
A petition dated 22nd August 2013, received from OPEC
FUND for International Development alleged that a website designed as
“OFID Scholarship Website” with OFID name and logo has been used to
defraud innocent Nigerian applicants. That in the website, applicants
were required to pay N2,500.00 as an application fee and over 2,000
applicants responded and paid the fees through the First Bank Account Number 2020874607 and Access Bank Account Number 0056941009 with the name OFID WSAS NG.
The petitioner stated further that it was one of the victims that
contacted OFID via facebook, accusing OFID of being complicit in the
fraud.
The Cybercrime Section of the Unit swung into action
and the mastermind of the fraud, one Falade Oluwapelumi Ayotunde was
arrested. His arrest led to the arrest of five other syndicate
members. Police investigation so far revealed that over 2,000
applicants paid the sum of N2,500.00 each into the two banks provided by
the suspects and the principal suspect is the only signatory to both
accounts.
[1] FALADE OLUWAPELUMI AYOTUNDE - A 25years old from
Akure, Ondo State and 500Level Estate Management student of Federal
University of Technology, Akure (FUTA). The suspect made a confessional
statement, that he designed the website of OFID WSAS (OPEC Fund for
International Development for World Student Aid Scholarship) in June,
2012. That the idea came from one Fajobi Olalekan and Bolatiri
Opemipo. He also admitted that he opened an account in both First Bank
and Access Bank with the name OFID WSAS NG for applicants to pay in
their application fee which many responded to. He further stated that he
and his cohorts printed a postal for OFIDWAS which was on the website.
[2] ASAOLU VICTOR – 25years old from Ilesha in Osun
State and a graduate of Mining Engineering from Federal University of
Technology, Akure (FUTA). A job seeker, He confessed that he assisted
to paste the posters on line and he was given N80,000.00 initially and
later another N40,000.00 totaling N120,000.00 for the job.
[3] AWOTE TEMITOPE EMMANUEL – 27years old. A 500Level
Estate Management student of Federal University of Technology, Akure
(FUTA). He confessed that he assisted the principal suspect to sign
guarantor for the accounts he opened in First Bank and Access Bank for
the OFID program and was paid N70,000.00 which he had spent for his
personal effects. He stated that he participated in pasting and
publicizing the fake OFID Scholarship Program. He also stated that he
knew from the onset that the OFID Scholarship Program is a scam aimed
at defrauding innocent scholarship applicant but that he still went on
to deceive the bank that his friend is honest and the program genuine.
[4] FAJOBI OLALEKAN is 27years old from Lagos State and
a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Federal University of Technology,
Akure (FUTA) with a first class honour and the best graduating student
in his department for the year 2012. He is currently working with Dee
Xecutor Concept. He stated that while in school, he lived in the same
Lodge with the 1st suspect and his mates/friends always come to him for
educational assistance because of his intelligence. That he once fell
victim for scholarship known as EDIADS, which made the 1st suspect to
approach him and got some information regarding that one, which he
believed gave him an idea on how to design OFID Scholarship Website. He
further stated that he lent the 1st suspect the sum N12,000.00 for
hosting the Website. He later gave him N20,000.00 in return and informed
him that the fraud was successful.
[5] BOLATIRI EMMANUEL ONAOPEMIPO is 25years old from
Oyo State. A graduate of FUTA. He is currently a Handset Dealer. He
corroborated Fajobi Olalekan’s statement that they applied for
scholarship while in school which turned out to be fake and they shared
their experiences with the 1st suspect which gave him an idea on how to
design his own fake Website with OFID name/logo. He also stated that he
lent him the sum of N8,000.00 and was later paid N12,000.00 with
interest.
[6] ADEBOMI OLUWATOSIN – 26years old and a graduate of
FUTA. He is currently working with Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro as a
Programmer II. According to him, he offered professional advice to the
1st suspect and lent him the sum of N10,000.00 and was later given
N100,000.00 as his own share. He confessed that he knew from the
onset that it was fraud aimed at defrauding innocent applicants, since
there was no authority from OFID.
Investigation is on-going. Suspects will be charged to
court soonest. The Commissioner of Police, Police Special Fraud Unit,
CP Umar F. Idris advises the general public to verify the genuineness of
any on-line advert before parting with their money. He also uses this
medium to invite the affected victims to Police Special Fraud Unit
(PSFU) No. 13, Milverton Road, Ikoyi – Lagos in furtherance of the
investigation.
DSP NGOZI ISINTUME-AGUPolice Public Relations Officer
For: Commissioner of Police
Police Special Fraud Unit
Ikoyi – Lagos
Released on the website of the Nigerian Police, www.npf.gov.ng,
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