Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Internet Fraudster Remanded In Prison Custody

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Friday, May 17, 2019, arraigned one Ebenezer Joel, for internet fraud. He was arraigned before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on possession of a fraudulent document containing false pretence, an offence contrary to Section 6, 8( b) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, No. 14 of 2016. One of the counts reads: “That you, Ebenezer Joel (aka Wilson James), on or about the 13th day of March, 2019 in Lagos, within the I…