EFCC: ‘Yahoo’ NYSC Member Lists His Achievements From Crime | DETAILS

EFCC: ‘Yahoo’ NYSC Member Lists His Achievements From Crime | DETAILS

One Mr Adetuberu Adetoyese, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Kwara state for cyber-crime alias ‘yahoo’.

According to a statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Wilson Uwajuaren, on Thursday, the corper was arrested following credible intelligence on the activities of Internet fraudsters in the Ilorin metropolis and its environs.

Adetoyese (28), who is observing the mandatory one year NYSC Scheme in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, hails from Ilesa in the Ilesa West Local Government Area of Osun State, and was arrested at Ogele, Eyenkorin, in the Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State.

According to the EFCC, Adetoyese while being interrogated said using proceeds of crime, he built a house, sponsored himself through school among other things.

“In the course of investigation, Adetoyese revealed that he ventured into Yahoo Yahoo in 2016 and had, among other things, built a house and sponsored himself in school with the proceeds of the illegal activities” the statement read in part.

The Commission said it recovered a Lexus car, worth N4m, a laptop, an iPhone 11 Promax and a Samsung S9 Plus from the corper.

The EFCC also arrested other internet fraud suspects at different locations in Ilorin.

“The suspects are Muhammed Soliu and Olayiwola Saheed, an aluminum fabricator.

“Upon interrogation, Muhammed, 25, confessed that he joined Yahoo-Yahoo in 2020 and specialised in dating/love scam. According to him, he had bought a Toyota Camry worth N2.7m and built a house with the proceeds of the illegal activities.

“In the same token, Olayiwola, 30, who claimed to be a ‘loader’ in the Yahoo-Yahoo business, confessed to have bought a Toyota Camry worth over N2m with the proceeds of the alleged crime,” the statement added.