Banker connives with ‘Yahoo boy’ to scam Hong Kong lover of N36m
A banker, Ojo Adefemi Adedoyin has been arrested for allegedly conniving with an accomplice to defraud a Hong Kong national of £79,000 (about N36 million).
The Accounts Officer who until his arrest worked with Access Bank was apprehended when a love scam was reported to the EFCC by the Hong Kong Police Force. The HKPF had reported that the young lady, Xu Yue was a victim of romance scam traced to Nigeria.
Adedoyin, investigations revealed, connived with one Favour Oriafor to commit the crime. 30-year-old Oriafor, the commission says, had been posing to the victim as Terry Mac on Facebook.
“She had fallen in love with me as Terry Mac, a football agent,” Oriafor is said to have confessed.
The suspect had used the domiciliary account of one Adeyemi Hassan Adedeji to defraud Yue in the romance scam.
Oriafor further confessed that the banker, Adedoyin, provided him with the domiciliary account information to which the money was transferred to.
“The agreement was that whatever funds were received through the account, the account officer and the owner of the account will be entitled to 15 per cent of the funds,” he said.
The EFCC said Adedoyin had provided useful information and the suspects will soon be made to face the court.
