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n what may be described as the biggest catch of the new year, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has smashed a syndicate of suspected fraudsters who duped their victims, within and outside Nigeria, over N300million in cases involving different fake crude oil deals.
n what may be described as the biggest catch of the new year, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has smashed a syndicate of suspected fraudsters who duped their victims, within and outside Nigeria, over N300million in cases involving different fake crude oil deals.
In what may be described as the biggest catch of the new year, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has smashed a syndicate of suspected fraudsters who duped their victims, within and outside Nigeria, over N300million in cases involving different fake crude oil deals.
Two members of the
syndicate, Michael Oghenemi Morowie and Emmanuel Owoicho, are
currently in the custody of EFCC, explaining their involvement in the alleged
crude oil scam.
According to him, the
oil supply documents, which were purportedly obtained from the NNPC, were,
however, found to be fakes.
In the course of
investigation, operatives of EFCC quizzed one Samson Lawal Omobere of Etsam Oil
and Gas Limited, who admitted to have collected the total sum of money from the
complainant.
Omobere alleged that
he transferred a substantial part of the money to Magnificent Marine Services
Limited.
This led to the arrest
of one Michael Oghenemi Morowie, a director in Magnificent Marine Services
Limited, who allegedly withdrew over 358, 000USD and N11, 700,000 from the
company’s account under the names of Boma Harry, Peterson Harry and Elder Dan
Jumbo.
EFCC moved against the
syndicate following complainants by victims, who have been fleeced by the
alleged fraudsters who operate, using different pseudo names and companies.
An unsuspecting victim
alleged that members of the syndicate collected the sum of N119 million from him
in the pretext of supplying him two million barrels of Bonny Light Crude Oil.
Four drivers’ licences
bearing his photograph under the name of Michel O. Morowei as well as several
other scam documents from his email address were recovered from his house.
In another case that
has now become an albatross around their necks, members of the syndicate also
allegedly obtained the sum of N300, 000 from another victim, a Kenyan citizen
resident in Germany.
The syndicate had
allegedly sold the same dummy of supplying him two million barrels of Bonny
Light Crude Oil, using the same modus operandi.
Also, the EFCC is
investigating the notorious syndicate over an alleged case of obtaining the sum
of N102.8 million from another complainant under the pretense of supplying him
two million barrels of Bonny Light crude oil. A certain Emmanuel Owoicho of Owoema
Resources Limited, confessed to have collected the sum of N15million from the
complainant.
Oworicho, the
principal suspect, allegedly directed the complainant to pay the bulk money to
some bank accounts, including Allen Logic Ways Unique Services Limited.
Acting on this lead,
EFCC arrested one Michael Oghenemi and recovered the letter head of Allen Logic
Ways Unique Services, which was registered in the name of Pabor Wariowei, from
his house.
Other documents
recovered from his house included four drivers’ licences bearing his
photographs but under different names like Fubara Dan Jumbo, Doma Henry and
Peterson Henry.
The sum of N14million
was allegedly transferred to Standard Allied Universal Concept registered by
Fubara Dan Jumbo, one of the pseudo names used by the suspects.
Another suspected
member of the syndicate, one Victoria T. Pam, allegedly approached the Federal
Ministry of Trade and Investment with an export clearance permit No. CP/ co/26/
Vol.1/ 22, which she claimed emanated from the Ministry, and Sales and
Purchase Agreement( SPA) of N350,000 metric tons of LPO allegedly between NNPC
and Fragola Holdings Limited.
However, following
scrutiny by the Ministry, the documents were found to be fakes. When the
suspect was eventually arrested, she claimed to have got the document from one
Mike Adams, who was allegedly working in Bonny Terminal, Rivers State.
The suspect further
disclosed that Adams had been collecting proceeds from the deal via Standard
Allied Universal Concepts Limited.
The suspects will be
charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
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