BEVERLY HILLS, October 12, (THEWILL) – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) said on Monday that it will arraign a 37-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Akintunde Vincent Abiodun, who is being quizzed by its operatives for allegedly defrauding a New Zealand woman of the sum of $267,000 as soon as investigation is completed.
A statement issued by the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwugiaren, Monday, said the suspect who graduated from the Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo State, is said to have defrauded the victim of the said amount by claiming to be Christopher Williams from United Kingdom.
The statement said the complainant claimed she met Akintunde on a dating site on the internet and allegedly fell in love with him even as she disclosed that Akintunde started collecting money from her after he claimed to be in possession of gemstone worth $18,050,000 which he purportedly inherited from his father. She also alleged that Akintunde
hoodwinked her into believing that he was coming to New Zealand to settle down with her, saying the money she sent to the suspect were received in Malaysia and Nigeria by persons bearing Norisha, Jalan Klan, and Mohammed Haizam Bin Fauzin, with all of them claiming to be Akintunde’s friends.
