Nigeria, Oct 20, 2016 – The South East Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu says it has secured a total of 14 convictions in the last ten months and recovered over N244,574,587.28.
The Zonal Head, Johnson Babalola disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu at a press conference on activities of the zone since January 2016.
Babalola further disclosed that $955,465, €10,000 and Three Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty Eight Chinese RMB were also recovered by the zone.
Among assets forfeited, he disclosed, is the sum of $130,750 which has been paid into the coffers of the Federal Government.
On the cases being handled by the zone, he stated that a total of 522 cases are currently under investigation, 36 of those cases have been concluded and charged to various courts in the Southeast region for prosecution .
Babalola further revealed that among the cases currently being investigated by the zone was that of over Four Billion Naira Advance Fee Fraud involving Chief Patrick Nwokike of “Let’s Partner With You” and another N9,000,000,000 involving one Joshua Morah (chief executive officer of Borec Services.
He advised members of the public to be wary of the activities of fraudsters who disguise as poverty alleviators to fleece people of their hard earned monies.
