The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has
arrested the duo of Egbedayo Semilore and Elijah
Jeremiah aka (jerry), a self styled fashion Director of
Datsol Industries Limited for alleged Internet fraud.
While Semilore, 26, engages in Internet love scam,
Jeremiah, 29, is a
predator on online auction sites.
Semilore while posing as an Afghan based US Army
officer with the names Sergeant Shaft Pagan and Perrie
Edingson allegedly defrauded unsuspecting ladies. His
last victim is one P. J. (full names withheld), a US
national from whom he claimed to have obtained about
Four million naira (N4m) in tranches and bought himself
a car.
Though arrested differently, the suspects have both
made confessional statements. Jeremiah confessed to
using fake instruments to order goods from China
through online auction sites. According to him, he
downloads Letters of Credit purportedly issued by
Scotia Online Financial Services of Scotia bank
worldwide from Google with which he pays for his
purchases.
The auctioneers, unaware of his antics often fall victim
of his game by shipping the goods to him ahead of
confirmation of payment.
Semilore, during interrogation also confessed to have
used proceeds of romance scam to sustain a flamboyant
lifestyle and bought himself a 2010 Lexus car which he
registered in his mother’s name.
Operatives recovered several items from the suspects.
One laptop, three modems, one iphone and two Nokia
phones, international Passport, forged Union Bank
Statement of Account with NUBAN number:10141411389
for Datsol Industries Limited and an envelope containing
several documents were recovered from Jeremiah.
Also, three identity cards bearing different names and
biodata, a 2010 Black Toyota Lexus car with registration
number (Lagos) SMK 475 EH, two laptops and one
Blackberry Passport phones were recovered from
Semilore. Several scam mails were also found and
retrieved from his laptops.
They will be arraigned in court as soon as investigation
is completed.
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