EFCC nabs suspect on FBI list, three others for $100m fraud

It was the end of road for one Osondu Victor Igwilo, who had been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 2018, when operatives of the Lagos State Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission swooped on him.

The 52-year-old, who is the alleged leader of a criminal network of “catchers’’ was arrested on March 11, 2022.

Igwilo was arrested alongside Okafor Nnamdi Chris, Nwodu Uchenna Emmaunel and John Anazo Achukwu at a studio in the Sangotedo area of Lagos for an alleged fraud, money laundering and identity theft to the tune of about $100 million.

Before their arrest, Igwilo and his accomplices had allegedly been involved in an advance-fee scheme that involved false promises of investment funding by individuals who impersonated some United States of America bank officials in person and via the internet

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Investigation revealed that those who fell victims of the suspects’ criminal activities were asked to make certain payments before they could receive their funding.