Instagram comedian, 34 others nabbed for internet fraud
An Instagram comedian and social media influencer, Nwagbo Chidera, also known as Pankeeroy, has been arrested for alleged Internet fraud.
Chidera was arrested alongside 34 others at the James Court in the Lekki area of Lagos state by Operatives of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission for alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.
According to the EFCC, Chidera who was allegedly involved in Bitcoin scam after he suffered depression, presented himself as a vendor who redeemed Bitcoin vouchers using the bitcoincoretrading.com platform, to defraud unsuspecting victims.
The EFCC, in a statement on Thursday, stated that investigations revealed that one of the suspects, Christian, allegedly defrauded an aged Asian-American lady of over $475,000, adding that he confessed to posing as Dave Frederick, a 58 year old American, on a mission in Syria, to lure his victims and defrauding them of their hard earned funds.
It was gathered that a Mercedes Benz AMG GLE model worth N36M was recovered from him while the suspect had about N22.3m worth of Bitcoins in his blocked chain account.
Other items recovered from the suspect include exotic cars, Iphones, Laptops, Android devices and Macbook devices.
The statement added that the suspect would be charged soon.
