Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four persons who attempted to carry out a fraudulent bank wire transfer to the tune of $200,000.
The suspects, Ajiero Onyeka, Clement Peter, Mustapha Zubiri and Agbo Austine Taylor, were said to have attempted to transfer the money from the account of an unsuspecting foreigner into a domiciliary account in Nigeria.
EFCC said its operatives were notified of the incident when the suspects began sourcing for domiciliary account number which they would use to receive the money.
The commission said: “Bank Wire Transfer fraudsters have a practice of using other people’s domiciliary account to receive fraudulent money with the promise of giving the account holder a commission from the money.
“In some other instances, some of the account holders will be kept totally in the dark as to the source of the fund. When the transaction is completed, the account holder will become the hunted criminal, while the main perpetrator will disappear without traces.
“The public is hereby warned to be vigilant and not to give out their account numbers for the purpose of receiving money on behalf of anyone.”
It also said the suspects would be charged to court at the end of investigation.
