{"id":709165,"date":"2019-09-24T13:02:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/24\/efcc-arrests-25-lautech-students-for-internet-fraud\/"},"modified":"2019-09-24T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:02:28","slug":"efcc-arrests-25-lautech-students-for-internet-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/24\/efcc-arrests-25-lautech-students-for-internet-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Arrests 25 LAUTECH Students For Internet Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_708135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-708135\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-708135\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1569330148_10_5d839536594b1.jpg\" alt=\"Lautech students\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-708135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lautech students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 25 students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Oyo State over their alleged involvement in cybercrime, including romance scam, love scam, possession of forged documents and obtaining money by false pretence.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the students who were nabbed are aged between 18-29.<\/p>\n<p>Their names have been given as\u00a0 Pelumi Adigun, 18; Umaru Frederick, 21; Damilola Emmanuel, 22; Tomiwa Oyewole, 29; Adeleke Owolabi, 24; Oladosu Abdullahi, 23; Abdulmusaq Ismail, 25; Isajimi Joshua, 23; Olaniyan Tunde, 22, and Ebosele Francis, 28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe students, who are aged between 18 and 29 years old, were arrested at their off-campus hostels, following a three-day raid carried out between September 16 and 19, 2019. Operatives acted on the intelligence report, which was investigated using sophisticated equipment. The raid also followed months of surveillance and monitoring of their activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0EFCC Nabs 13 Suspected Yahoo Boys In Enugu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the course of executing the search, Ismail, who confessed to being involved in internet fraud, took operatives round hostels, leading to the arrest of many of the culprits. Some of the suspects who jumped over the fence to escape arrest were nabbed in the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the items recovered from them, which are believed to be the proceeds of their illegal activities online, include, a 4matic \u00a0Benz, a Toyota Camry, a Toyota Corolla, two Macbook computers, two iPads, two iPhones and many other documents, which will be subjected to forensic analysis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspected internet fraudsters, who are currently in the custody of the EFCC will be soon be arraigned in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lautech students The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 25 students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Oyo State over their alleged involvement in cybercrime, including romance scam, love scam, possession of forged documents and obtaining money by false pretence. 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