The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has paraded a mother and son over alleged internet fraud.
A statement by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren, the key suspect, Ibeh Theophilus Uche, is the CEO of 10 Kobo Wine Place, Ikotun in Lagos. His mother was arrested for allegedly providing him with access to her account where illicit funds were transferred.
The two were arrested for internet fraud to the tune of about an N50million in Lagos.
According to the EFCC, the 28-year-old suspect was arrested in his room in Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, following credible intelligence reports about his alleged criminal activities.
The statement said EFCC investigators found that Uche presents himself variously as Rachael Armstrong, Keanu Reeves, Rebekah Schwarzenberger, Keanu Private, Elizabeth Hortman and Stefan Paulson, confessed to being into Bitcoin investment scam, romance scam and identity theft.
The suspect also confessed to have defrauded his victims to the tune of about N50 million since he started the criminal activities in 2020.
The EFCC said that the suspect had been using a First Bank account belonging to his mother, who is one of his accomplices, to launder the proceeds of his alleged criminal activities.
Items recovered from the suspect are one iPhone 11 Pro Max; one iPhone 12 pro max; two MacBook Pro laptops; a PlayStation 5; an iPad and a small Nokia touch phone.
Others are a Mercedes Benz S550 2015 Sedan car and a Lexus RX 350 SUV 2016, among other incriminating items.
