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EFCC arrests fake Senator over alleged €5.7 million fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC says it has arrested a fake Senator, Ifechukwu Tom Makwe for alleged €5.7 million (Five Million, Seven

The Commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwajeren, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday, said Makwe was arrested at the Guzape area of Abuja after credible intelligence about his internet-related fraud activities.

“it was discovered that the suspect, bearing many aliases , defrauded a Spaniard of Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Euros ”, the spokesman said. He also revealed that the suspect allegedly claimed to be a US Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI agent and diplomatic solicitor, and succeeded in defrauding his victim using fake identities.“He will be charged to court as soon as the investigations are concluded”, the statement added.

 

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