Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

EFCC Arraigns Suspected Internet Fraudster

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, April 1, 2019, arraigned one Ismail Yunus before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court 2, Ibadan, Oyo State. He was arraigned on an Eight-count charge bordering on Advance Free Fraud for obtaining money by false pretense and sending pornographic images, among others while posing as a nude woman and using such as a bait to defraud unsuspecting victims. He allegedly defrauded two American citizens, Steve Harvey and David Beeck, at different times, claiming to be the ‘woman’ in the pornographic…