Crime
EFCC arraigns fake FBI commander, one other for $2.8m wire fraud
Ijeboi Dennis, a fake FBI commander, has been arraigned in court by operatives of the EFCC for alleged $2.8million wire fraud.
Dennis was arraigned alongside his partner, Obade Monday, on Thursday, November 17, before Justice Abubakar Baba Shani of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja.
Dennis (a.k.a. Andrew Tran Huynh) and Monday had claimed to be a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) commander and a Diplomat Director.
The defendants are accused of conspiracy and obtaining $2,822,860 by false pretense.
According to EFCC, they defrauded Holly Ngo, a United States citizen, while posing as American doctors stranded in Afghanistan.
The agency indicted four men: Dennis, Monday, Ekhoguagbon Osazuwa Patrick (a.k.a.Patrick Paul – at large) and Omage Emmanuel Omole (deceased).
The five-count charges narrated how they perpetrated the alleged fraud between January 2021 and September 2021 in Abuja.
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