Hope Olusegun Aroke is serving a 24-year prison sentence<\/strong> <\/p>\nThe head of a maximum-security jail and a prison doctor have been arrested in Nigeria, following allegations that they enabled a prisoner to conduct internet scams.<\/p>\n
Hope Olusegun Aroke carried out a million-dollar fraud while serving a 24-year jail sentence \u2013 for fraud.<\/p>\n
He had access to a mobile phone and the internet.<\/p>\n
He was originally arrested in 2012 and convicted of obtaining money under\u00a0false pretences and\u00a0forgery.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the two prison staff were arrested for falsifying medical reports that enabled Aroke to get treatment outside prison in a police hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first suspect, [Emmanuel] Oluwaniyi, who is the Controller, Kirikiri Maximum Prison, as well as the second suspect, [Hemeson Edson] Edwin, who is in charge of the medical facility, were arrested on Monday, November 25, 2019, by operatives of the commission,\u201d the EFCC said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Aroke was one of two Malaysia-based Nigerian undergraduate fraudsters arrested by the EFCC towards the end of 2012 in Lagos, following a tip-off, the commission added.<\/p>\n
He had claimed to be a student of computer science at Malaysia\u2019s Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, but was, in fact, the \u201carrowhead of an intricate web of internet fraud schemes that traverse two continents\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n
He used a network of accomplices to commit the fraud, it added.<\/p>\n
After getting himself admitted to a police hospital, authorities say Aroke moved to a hotel, receiving guests and attending parties.<\/p>\n
He had used the fictitious name Akinwunmi Sorinmade to open two bank accounts and bought a luxury car and homes during his time in prison.<\/p>\n
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