The EFCC has arraigned the duo of James Edwin Ehiaghe and Aimienmwona
Osahon before Justice O.O Tokode of the Federal High Court Benin, Edo
State on four counts bordering on ATM fraud, forgery, Impersonation,
conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences; possession of scam
documents contrary to section 1, 2 and 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and
Other Related Offences Act, 2006. Ehiaghe and Osahon are alleged to
belong to a syndicate of fraudsters who
specialize in defrauding their victims through text messages. They were
separately charged with two counts each by the Commission. According to
the complainant, on 18th January 2016, she received an SMS on her MTN
line purported to have emanated from Central Bank of Nigeria’s Customer
Care Department, claiming that her ATM Card will be deactivated unless
she called the ‘CBN Customer Care Phone Number 01342233’ to update her
bank details. Operatives of the commission found various incriminating
items including a laptop containing some scam documents, various fake
driver’s licenses, internet modems and ATM cards of different banks, in a
search conducted on the suspects.