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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Directorate, has commenced investigations into the activities of a 38-year-old man, Raheem Abiodun Wasiu, implicit an alleged $12,000 fraud involving Bureau De Change, BDC, operators.
A connection by the EFCC said Wasiu is being investigated implicit allegations that helium defrauded BDC operators by allegedly posing arsenic a affluent contractor and utilizing fake slope alerts to person them that payments had been made aft collecting their overseas currency.
The fishy was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, pursuing a ailment by Ezekulie Stanley Chukwuamuanya, a BDC relation who alleged that Wasiu defrauded him of $5,000.
According to the EFCC, preliminary investigations showed that Wasiu allegedly rented antithetic Toyota Hillux trucks, presented himself arsenic a affluent contractor and moved astir with escorts earlier gathering BDC operators successful parts of the South-East.
The Commission alleged that aft collecting wealth from his victims, Wasiu would contiguous fake naira outgo alerts to marque them judge that the required transfers had been completed.
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