The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has concluded arrangement to arraign a
Malaysia- based Nigerian fraudsters, Hope Olusegun Aroke and his accomplice,
Tafida Ibrahim before a Federal High Court, Lagos tomorrow, Monday.
They
will be docked before Justice Mohammed Idris on two separate charges of Money
laundering and False Declaration of Assets.
Aroje
was one of two Malaysia-based Nigerian undergraduate fraudsters arrested by the
EFCC in the closing weeks of 2012 at the 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria
Island, Lagos following a tip- off. The 25 year-old indigene of
Okene, Kogi State claims to be a student of Computer Science at the Kuala
Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia.
But
the Commission’s investigation fingered him as the arrow head of an intricate
web of internet fraud scheme that traverse two continents.
His accomplice,
Tafida Ibrahim is a Bureau De Change operator. Through him, Aroke was able to
launder proceeds of multiple scams to the tune of over N31million.
A statememnt by EFCC`s Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said the duo enjoy a cozy business relationship that saw Ibrahim travel to Malaysia twice between September and October 2012 at the instance of Aroke.
When
Aroke was arrested, a search conducted by EFCC operatives on his apartment led
to the recovery of several items such as laptops, iPad phones, travelling
documents, cheque books, flash drives, internet modem, and three exotic cars -
a Mercedes Benz Jeep, One 4Matic Mercedes Benz Car and a Range Rover Sport SUV.
Operatives
of the EFCC also downloaded over 80 implicating documents from the laptops
recovered from him.
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