Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an Instagram comedian and social media Influencer, Nwagbo Oliver Chidera, also known as Pankeeroy over alleged internet fraud.
According to a statement released through its official website, the anti-graft agency said the comedian was arrested alongside 34 others at their hideout in James Court, Lekki, Lagos, following verified intelligence report received by the Commission about their alleged criminal activities.
Before his arrest, Pankeeroy, who claimed to have gone into Bitcoin scam after he suffered depression, had been presenting himself as a vendor who redeems bitcoin vouchers using the bitcoincoretrading.com platform to defraud his unsuspecting victims.
The commission also disclosed that a Mercedes Benz AMG GLE model worth N36,000,000 was recovered from him. A total of N22,300,000 worth of Bitcoin was also discovered in his blocked chain account during the investigation.
Investigations also revealed that one of the suspects, Christian, allegedly defrauded an aged Asian-American lady of over $475, 000.
Christian, who confessed in his statement, said he had been posing as one Dave Federick, a 58- year- old United States national on a mission in Syria, in order to lure his unsuspecting victims and defraud them of their hard-earned money.
Other Items recovered from the suspects include exotic cars, Iphones, laptop computers, Android devices and Macbook devices.
According to the commission, the suspects will be charged to court soon.
