Owner of De Rock Club based in Ibadan, Adepoju Olawale Sunday, aka SGG arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command and was on Wednesday 29th March, 2023 charged to court before Justice Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on two separate charges for his involvement in cybercrime and obtaining money under false pretense to the of N31, 821, 000.00 (Thirty One Million, Eight Hundred and Twenty One Thousand Naira).
Investigation revealed that Adepoju, a graduate of Industrial Chemistry of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye in Osun State, had swindled American government and unsuspecting American citizens thousands of dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He is alleged to have stolen the identities of unsuspecting American citizens eligible for the tax refund programme across the U.S and filed stolen information to claim the benefits.
In a statement issued by EFCC spokeman Wilson Uwujaren, the charge was bordering on identity theft, obtaining COVID-19 and unemployment benefits from the United States of American Government and transfer of proceeds of crime to one Owoade Emmanuel David.
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