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Court Jails Fake Investor for $71,000 Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, September 4, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of one Dennis Tamarakuro (a.k.a. Keisha Reynolds) before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja.

Tamarakuro was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrimes.

The lone charge reads: “That you, DENNIS TAMARAKURO (a.k.a Keisha Reynolds) sometime in December 2024 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, falsely represented yourself as Keisha Reynolds, a female private investor in the United States of America, and in that assumed character obtained the sum of $71,795.41 (Seventy-One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety-Five Dollars, Forty-One Cents) from one Philbert, through Bybit, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 as Amended in 2024 and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same Act.”

He pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him.

Following his guilty plea, prosecution counsel, Maryam Aminu Ahmed, presented an EFCC investigator, Ogunjobi Olalekan, to review the facts of the case.

Olalekan told the court that intelligence from the Jackson Township Police Department in the United States revealed that a Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, Pregnancy Support Network, was defrauded of $71,795.41. Investigations showed that the NGO’s bank details were compromised and the funds diverted through a romance scam turned money mule scheme.

The funds were traced through several intermediaries, including a suspect identified as Libson Junior, before being converted to cryptocurrency and sent to a Bitcoin address on Bybit exchange. Further investigations revealed that the wallet was owned by Tamarakuro.

According to Olalekan, Tamarakuro received 0.27 Bitcoin twice from Libson Junior, and later withdrew $18,000 worth of cryptocurrency through Busha exchange.

Responses from both Bybit and Busha exchanges confirmed that the accounts belonged to the convict.

“Upon arrest, the allegation was brought to his attention in the presence of his lawyer. He was interviewed under video recording, cautioned and he made a voluntary statement,” Olalekan said. He added that out of the $71,795.41 defrauded, the EFCC recovered over $42,000 in cryptocurrency, while the balance was blocked by a U.S. bank.

The prosecution tendered documents including Tamarakuro’s statement and correspondences with the exchanges, which were admitted as exhibits. It also confirmed the recovery of $22,157.40 from Bybit and $20,121.41 from Busha exchange, and urged the court to forfeit the sums to the victim.

Justice Nwite convicted Tamarakuro as charged.

Meanwhile, defence counsel, Laye Aeemokoya, pleaded for leniency, citing his client’s status as a first-time offender, a father and caregiver to an aged mother, and the fact that all proceeds of the crime had been recovered by the EFCC.

In his judgment, Justice Nwite sentenced Tamarakuro to one year imprisonment with an option of N1 million fine payable to the Federal Government of Nigeria. He also ordered that the recovered sums be forfeited to the victim and directed the convict to depose to an affidavit of good conduct.

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EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. They were arrested on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in a sting operation at in Olusi Street, HopeVille Estate, Sangotedo, Ajah, Lagos State. Their arrest followed credible intelligence about their alleged involvement in internet fraud. Upon their arrest, five vehicles, mobile devices and laptop computers were recovered from them.

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EFCC Arraigns Two for Internet Fraud in Kaduna

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned Nathaniel Makama Zabrang and Husain Umar Bawa before Justice M.J. Zubairu of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State for fraud.
The two are facing prosecution on separate charges, bordering on impersonation and obtaining money under false pretence.
Count two of Zabrang’s charge reads: “That you, Nathaniel Makama Zabrang, (a.k.a Alicia Smith), male, between January and June, 2025 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, impersonated one Alicia Smith (a citizen of United States of America) on 'Instagram' (an online social media application) and benefitted the total sum of N10,019,028 (Ten Million, Nineteen Thousand and Twenty Eight Naira) from several unsuspecting victims and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law.”
Count one of Bawa’s charge reads: “That you, Husain Umar Bawa (a.k.a Bernard Lewis), male, between January and December, 2023 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, impersonated Bernard Lewis (a citizen of United States of America) on “Facebook” ( an online social media application) and benefitted the sum of N8,613,989 ( Eight Million, Six Hundred and Thirteen Thousand, Nine Hundred and Eighty Nine Naira, only) from Kathleen Harnandez ( a woman from United States America) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law.”

They pleaded “not guilty” when their charges were read to them, following which the prosecution counsel, K.S. Ogunlade asked the court for a trial date and for the defendants to be remanded in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, NCC, Kaduna.
Justice Zubairu, after listening to both the prosecution and defence counsel, adjourned the case till August 11, 2025 for ruling on the defendants’ bail application and ordered that they be remanded in NCC, Kaduna, pending ruling on their bail applications.
Zabrang and Bawa were among those arrested by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, in Kaduna Metropolis, following credible intelligence that linked them with fraudulent internet activities.

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