Man Nabbed By EFCC Over N100m Scam

The 44-year-old man was nabbed after duping someone of N100m

 

A 44-year-old man, Adekunle Balogun has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over fraudulent dealings involving the sum of $1million USD.

Adekunle who is popularly known as Malan Salihu, was arrested by men of the EFCC in Lagos for allegedly duping one Precious Chukwuma Emelue of N100M. 

Malan Salihu had deceived the victim that he would assist him in retrieving the sum of $1m that was stucked in a Pakistani bank, Kan-Cern as payment was allegedly stopped by the International Monetary Fund, IMF.

Emelue told the EFCC that he had met a Pakistani diplomat Mr. Perry Kandoharty in 2012 and both agreed to work together on a fish business. 

Emelue would provide land for a fish processing factory in Nigeria and space for the development of fish ponds. Emelue claimed that Kandoharty sent him a mail informing him of a deposit of $1m into Kan -Cern Limited. It was this fund, allegedly stopped by IMF, that Balogun made him believe he could pull out for him.

According to Emelue’s statement, Balogun was impersonating the Executive Chairman of the EFCC Ibrahim Lamorde, and received money in different instalments from him "to obtain certificates from authorities" handling drug, anti-terrorism and money laundering issues.

#Balogun however denied impersonating the EFCC boss but during a raid at his residence, documents bearing the names of the State Security Service, SSS; Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN; and Insurance companies were discovered among others.

Balogun would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.