UNIBEN undergraduate arrested for defrauding Germans on the internet

An undergraduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Rukewe Ebule, is currently in the net of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for defrauding a German citizen, Sabine Albert, of $12,088.75.

Investigations also showed that between May 2013 and January 2014, he had duped other German nationals to the tune of $110,975.00.

He was arrested recently in a new generation bank in Benin, Edo State, after his victim logged a complaint to the EFCC.

Vanguard reports that the 30-year-old suspect, a final year student of Computer and Statistics, was arraigned before an Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin on a six-count charge bordering on forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents.

The victim, Albert, was reported to have alleged that Rukewe defrauded him of the money within two months of establishing contact with him on the internet.

According to him, Rukewe, in dealing with Albert, had posed as an English businessman, on transit in Nigeria.

He was said to have given his name as Bob Albert and claimed to have a contract worth €1,200,000 with a Nigerian company and needed a loan to facilitate a transaction with the company. He also told the unsuspecting Albert that he was robbed.

Albert offered to loan the money through Western Union to Rukewe who also told him that the Federal Inland Revenue Service had imposed a levy of N1,975,861 on him for the release of his international passport and a cheque worth €1, 200,000.

Rukewe pleaded not guilty and Justice E. F. Ikponmwen ordered that the accused be remanded in prison till he fulfilled bail conditions of N1million and two sureties in like sum.
The matter was adjourned till November 21.