EFCC arrests another FBI suspect wanted for $2.5m internet fraud

Abiona has been on the wanted list of the commission for more than eight months over the alleged fraud case before luck ran out on him and he was finally arrested in his hide-out.

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Operatives of the EFCC smoked him out of his hiding on February 6, from his beautifully built duplex in Arepo,Ogun state.

He had gone into hiding and deliberately refused to step out of his house, when he got wind of the fact that the EFCC was investigating him. For the past five months, he was in hiding for fear of being arrested.

In the FBI petition dated July 10, 2019, it was alleged that he was involved in business e-mail compromise and other internet-related fraud.

The petition stated further: “In May 2016, the FBI received information that an actor or actors by-passed online security to steal money from retirement accounts held by an insurance company for public workers in the United States, which resulted in the loss of approximately $2,500, 000.

“The accounts contained numerous communications between Abiona and other criminal co-conspirators seeking to commit business e-mail compromise, tax refund fraud and other computer enabled fraud.”

Investigation into the case by the commission revealed that a syndicate that involved Abiona perpetrated the fraud. Millions of naira were traced to his bank accounts and some of the e-mails used in perpetrating the fraud have been taken over from the suspect.

The suspect on sighting operatives of the EFCC flushed all his SIM cards into the toilet and destroyed all his automated teller machines cards in order to destroy evidence.

He has also refused to give a statement since his arrest and will soon be arraigned in court.