Operatives of the Port Harcourt zonal office of
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC have arrested four students of the
University of Port Harcourt for their alleged
involvement in internet fraud.
The quartet, who allegedly defrauded 15 victims
of $111,500( One Hundred and Eleven
Thousand, Five Hundred United States Dollars)
are: Prince Hyacinth; Rex Emadifie Oghene, Odili
Ifeayi and Uduak Samuel Williams. They were
picked up on Thursday, August 20, 2020, from
their hideout at Chibiak Avenue, Elenpranwo, Ada
George, Port Harcourt.
Upon their arrest, the following items were
recovered: one Tecno Spark 4 belonging to
Prince Hyacinth; one Iphone 11 Pro Max, two
Infinix Hot and one apple Laptop belonging to
Odili Ifeayi; one Iphone 7 and two Iphone 11
belonging to Rex Emadifie Oghene and one
iphone 8+, one Acer Laptop and one HP Laptop
belonging Uduak Samuel Williams.
Preliminary investigation established that the
suspects are majorly involved in a romance scam
and also act as pickers for organized ring of
fraudsters.
While Prince Hyacinth parades himself as a
Spain-based marine engineer to bait his victims,
Rex Emadifie Oghene poses as a rig engineer
based in the United State. The two other
suspects, Odili Ifeayi and Uduak Samuel Williams
present themselves as rig/marine engineers to
defraud their victims.
“The suspects will be charged to court as soon as
investigation is concluded..
