Undergraduate 'Yahoo' Boys Nabbed by EFCC Over N16m Fraud

 

Five undergraduates who go by the name  "Tsunnami Gang and Young Pablo Money" have been arrested by The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, over Internet related fraud.
The five alleged scammers includes 4 undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA) and a student of Adekunle Ajashin University, Akungba. Sources from EFCC disclosed that the suspects Adeleke Paul, 21, Adebiyi Tayo Abudu, 22, Akinsanmi Olusola Adeniyi 21, Ogundile Ademola James, 23 and Okali Ugochukwu, 21 were picked up at an Off-Campus residence located at Stateline Hotel Road, off FUTA South Gate, Akure, Ondo State.

Their modus operandi involves swindling foreigners and others of their money by false pretense through scam emails. They were alleged to have duped unsuspecting victims including a foreigner to the tune of N16M recently.

During a raid, EFCC operatives recovered a 2006 black Toyota Highlander, 2010 light-green Toyota Camry, laptops, three Apple iPhone 6 and three Blackberry phones from them. Some implicating documents were also found and downloaded from their laptops. They are to be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is completed.