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Friday 31 October 2014

EFCC arraigns UNIBEN undergraduate over $12,000 internet scam

Find the EFCC press statement below...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 30, 2014 arraigned an undergraduate of the University of Benin, Kenneth Rukewe Ebule before Justice E. F Ikponmwen of an Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin- City on a 6- count charge bordering on forgery, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents.The accused person allegedly duped Sabine Albert, a German, of the sum of $12, 088, 75 through fraudulent claims.
Rukewe, 30, a final year student of Computer and Statistics at the University of Benin, was arrested by officials of a new generation bank on May 28, 2014 in Benin City and handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.

Troubles started for him when Albert alleged that within two months after he had internet contact with him, Rukewe fraudulently obtained the sum of $12,088,75 (Twelve Thousand Eighty Eight Dollars and Seventy Five Cents) from him.

Rukewe allegedly posed to Albert as an English businessman on transit in Nigeria. He gave his name as Bob Albert and told his victim that he had a contract with a Nigerian company worth €1.200, 000.00 and that he needed a loan to facilitate a transaction with the company. He promised to pay back the loan and even doubled it because he was sure of pulling through the transactions. He also told Albert that he had complications and suffered a robbery attack.

Rukewe also falsely told Albert that, a levy of of N1,975,861 (One Million, Nine Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty One Naira only) was imposed on him by the Federal Inland Revenue Service for the release of his International Passport, and a cheque worth 1, 200,000 Euros. He also pleaded for a flight ticket to London.

Based on all these, Albert offered to loan him the money by sending it through Western Union, only to discover that he had been scammed.

Investigation also revealed that the suspect had defrauded other German nationals to the tune of $110,975.00USD (One Hundred and Ten thousand, Nine Hundred and Seventy Five United States Dollars) between May 2013 and January 2014.

When the charges were read to the defendant, he pleaded not guilty.

One of the charges read in part:
“Ebule Kenneth Rukewe (a.k.a. Bob Albert), on or about the 17th day of July, 2013 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with Intent to defraud, obtained the sum of $12,088,75 (Twelve Thousand Eighty Eight Dollars and Seventy Five Cents) from Sabine Albert (a German National), under the false pretence that the money represented part payment of N1,975,861 (One Million Nine Hundred and Seventy Kobo) levy imposed one Bobby Albert (a British citizen) by Federal Inland Revenue Service for the release of the International Passport, Cheque worth 1,200,000 Euros and flight ticket to London of the said Bobby Albert, which representation you knew to be false”.

In view of the plea of the defendant, prosecution counsel, Kayode Oni asked for a trial date and prayed the court to remand the defendant in prison custody. The defence counsel, Maureen Morka informed the court of her application for bail dated September 9, 2014 and prayed the court to grant the defendant bail.

Justice Ikponmwen granted the defendant bail in the sum of One Million Naira and two sureties in like sum. The sureties must be resident in Benin City and must be gainfully employed in Edo State. The defendant must also produce his student identity card.

Justice Ikponmwen subsequently adjourned the case to November 21, 2014 for hearing and ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of his bail.

66 comments:

APPLE said...

Thief! He wants to get rich quick.

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surshima samuel said...

Fast guy! Release him joor, what do u do to our political criminals?? Let d guy be abeg

Unknown said...

All I know is anybody de succeed in duping is dumb n greedy......with all dis tinz happening, de still do business wit pple de dnt know on d net. Taa! I no de feel 4 dem. Mugus!

Unknown said...

Too bad!

Uche Emma said...


Chei

Unknown said...

serves him reight..say NO! to corruption/internet fraud..


#GodblessNigeria

surshima samuel said...

Make we hear abegi!! If u see d opportunity, u will do worse

Anonymous said...

He should face the law...
Infact since Linda announced my email as the winner of Monday giveaway I've not had rest from these yahoo boys, sending me all kinds of trash

Unknown said...

wetin u use d one wey u even collect in d first time to do...na wa for nNa oooo..money....money....money Ha!

U forgot u will die one day...and money will no value to you any longer...
Enyin ara e kogbon ooooo

Daralohi said...

ehya its a pity.

Unknown said...

Smart nigga
Say no to crime

BORN TO SHINE!!!

Anonymous said...

Lool Mugu Fall Guy Man Chop... But Seriously all this Whites are So Greedy, Na Greed make the German Fool fall na... Sharp Guy don Hammer...

Goziem Oh LORD said...

But why is that Efcc only get power wen it comes to yahoo yahoo boys

Unknown said...

.... Making money on d fast lane...Now wat happens...Jail awaits U i guess....Too bad...FYB for dat mata

Anonymous said...

THE SO CALL NIGERIAN FUCKING E-FUCK-CC NA USELESS IDIOTIC PEOPLE THEY MUST LEAVE THIS GUY JOR
WHY DEM NO GO ARREST FORMER PRESIDENTS GOVERNORS AND ALL POLITICIANS
DEM DEY CRAZE LEAVE THE INNOCENT POOR BOY ALONE
STUPID FUCK ALL E-FUCK RUBBISH CC
SEE THE OFFICER SEF LOOKS MORE LIKE OTOKOTO CRIMINAL ABEG LINDA TELL HIM TO LEAVE DA INNOCENT GUY ALONE
NAIJA PEOPLE MUST WAKE UP EFCCS ARE ALSO CRIMINALS
MAKE DEM GO CARRY TAFA BALOGUN AGAIN

phlexx said...

Eyah!

phlexx said...

There is God oo

#king said...

I don't blame him..No work for educated pple..so get rich or die struggling.............................#KingOfKings #6ixGod

Anonymous said...

Yimu...Those people wey dey thief big big money for office...efcc no do anything o...awon eleribu! na guy man dem dey chase up & down

That one come wear helmet like say he don catch anini...GTFOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Anonymous said...

Thief, Ben prince odiase base in rhoda island, u are next Efcc wit come after

Jenny said...

Hmmmmmmm

Unknown said...

Sharp guy, ur own don RED.
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Anonymous said...

all of you saying EFCC should go after corrupt politicians are just short sighted... if they dont curb these growing ones, wont they grow into bigger thieves.

Anonymous said...

all of you saying EFCC should go after corrupt politicians are just short sighted... if they dont curb these growing ones, wont they grow into bigger thieves.

Unknown said...

Eya.

Anonymous said...

E don jazz dem

wise said...

Ask them o, it's a young boy they will want to prosecute

Anonymous said...

Linda pls check ur source vry well oo. Bcos there is no such dept as computer nd statistics in uniben. Dis dude can't b a uniben student, he might b frm Colben or any other higher institution around d Benin axis. After all, other students claim 2 b student of uniben, nd as such I'm nt surprised.

Efcc, u guys are only gud in doing ur job wen it cums 2 d small sharp guy abi??? Oya go catch d big thief 4 Abuja na abi una no knw road??? Rubbish!!!

Unknown said...

na u b tief,

Babyboiynk said...

Na person we den catch be thief

Anonymous said...

Bad guy,u too much,love to be his boy.abeg chop dem maye

Anonymous said...

Abeg make dem leave d guy jor,pple wey una suppose carry una no carry dem, i pray u get out of dis jawe

Unknown said...

Good job EFCC. But when a foreigner dupes a Nigeria, where does d Nigerian make his complaint? www.swfinvestguide.com in Switzerland is duping innocent Nigerians and collecting huge sums of money.

Anonymous said...

This one no be ordinary thief oo.this guy na confirm professional thief than can even scam Gej..if he fall inside his trap.Na God just won catch am






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Unknown said...

They should free d hungry boy jor.

Phred Larma said...

What did they do to all the Governors, Senators and the likes who have milked this country dry through legitimized economic and financial crimes? It appears our EFCC is only empowered to proceed against defenceless Nigerians. I urge EFCC to muster courage and handle these career politicians who are more criminal than the likes of Bob Albert. More power to EFCC

Unknown said...

Ole,dem plenty for my school

Anonymous said...

Wa gbayii.....if una no release dis guy
na thunder go fire uu....EFCC VS NIGERIA GOVERNMENT=OLORI BURUKU

Anonymous said...

How was he caught if he actually used western union?

Anonymous said...

@APPLE you are a fool, sense you no get e be like say you no get worries abi com street you go no as e dey go

Anonymous said...

Please, what's the meaning of LACC worn by the man? He was expected to be in EFCC bullet proof vest, not LACC.

Anonymous said...

Instead of them to first arrest politicians stealing billions from nigerians, they are busy chasing small boys looking for food to eat and bringing in foreign exchange and helping our economy. All the politicianms are stealing and buying private jets yet efcc is there chasing shadows.

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Presh said...

Nice... Get 'em all.

Harrie said...

Now that's talent....It's weird to say buh *She could really use a guy like that..

Anonymous said...

When will EFCC deal with the original fraudsters??

Just curious said...

So because politicians steal everybody should join them abi? Rubbish. People like this guy and you give Nigerians a bad name. Anywhere u reach abroad they talk about Nigerians scamming them. Have you no shame? Idiots

Unknown said...

...Warri (wafi) guy, that goes by the name Bob Albert.
...As much as the wafi guy has an Opolo eye problem which the yoruba's call "Olojukokoro"

...I still blame this white men for being greedy
...Thats why someone will go about saying "Mugu fall, guy man wack"

...I mean "if eye too open, na dirty dey fall put" like my late gran-ma would say (benin proverbs/Edo)

Anonymous said...

Good. All these yahoo yahoo boys una soup don over boil enter fire. One by one you shall all be caught. Everyday for the thief one day for the owner. A word is enough for the wise

Anonymous said...

hmmm guy....sorry oooo u don graduate b dat o. i trust Uniben.

Anonymous said...

Y must only the Defencele ss Suffer the punishment of Crime in this Cnuntry.
LINDA mk UNA leave the young boy matter, OUR Prestigious Political thieves are driving freely in the towns with sophiticated conveys & Justice is lying Sleepy in their Case.
#Unfair_Justice

Anonymous said...

Y must only the Defencele ss Suffer the punishment of Crime in this Cnuntry.
LINDA mk UNA leave the young boy matter, OUR Prestigious Political thieves are driving freely in the towns with sophiticated conveys & Justice is lying Sleepy in their Case.
#Unfair_Justice

Anonymous said...

And u here u are wasting ur life by dropping jealous negative comment on here...#hater get busy or stfu

Unknown said...

Watz twelve"12" thousand Dollars compare to millions those politician do steal.

Anonymous said...

Maybe he was lame enough to be using his real name. Greed. How did the bank hand him over? He had too much money in his account or what?


==Ringo

Subomi said...

the number of peeps still in this ''business though''

Unknown said...

Na uan be theif ...una fit collect 1k usd ?

Unknown said...

My guy so sorry I wish say dem no catch u.... U sabi work.. god

Anonymous said...

I still tire for the Albert sef.

Unknown said...

Abeg leave the boy! What of bankole and others, Shabi ribadu they run for presidency??

swapbest said...

E nor no where dey pain am tif.

Anonymous said...

what is wrong with EFCC and 9ja government,pl free him,what about d politician?

Anonymous said...

Dey should free dis boy after all dey ve no proof he did it.

Anonymous said...

He that's critises other forgetting that he is not perfection self.that nigga should play more smart next time.

Anonymous said...

There is statistics with computer science in uniben, I graduated from that dpt. It's under mathematics.

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