A suspected fraudster that allegedly impersonated Barrister Wilson Amarachi, Secretary to Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
John Nze Madu was arrested at Diamond Bank, Ojodu branch, Lagos, where he went to make withdrawals with an ATM card.
Investigation showed that Madu defrauded Wu Qingzhu, a Chinese national, of the sum of $5.38 million when he allegedly posed as Barrister Wilson Amarachi and deceived the Chinese into believing that he had outstanding payments to collect for contracts executed for the Nigerian government.
EFCC head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement that the culprit achieved the act by presenting the Chinese with fake documents from ranking Nigerian officials.
He allegedly used different email addresses, two documents purportedly from Daily Sun Newspaper, an official gazette purportedly signed by the President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President, David Mark and an international passport data page purportedly belonging to Bar Amarachi.
Madu contacted Qingzhu through an online message, informing him that he was expected to open a non-residence account in Nigeria and make payment of $300.
Qingzhu complied and made two other payments: $1430 and $3650 through Western Union.
Madu was arrested at the bank premises where he went to withdraw proceeds of his fraudulent activities and he’s to
be charged to court after investigations are concluded.
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