Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, 20th March, 2017
took over five suspected internet fraudsters arrested by
men of the Oyo State Joint Security Task Force, ‘Operation
Burst’ for further investigation.
The suspects, which includes Oyewole Oyeleye Olatunji
(28), Adeniran Adeyinka Yusuf (29), Samuel Olumide Adeola
(29), Israel Adeola (24) and Olorunyemi Savior Imonah (24)
were arrested March 13, 2017 during a routine surveillance
at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH)
Ogbomosho.
They were thereafter interrogated at the Operation Burst
headquarters, Agodi where they confessed to have
defrauded some American women through various romance
scam using different dating sites. They also confessed to
have obtained different sums from their victims.
At the point of arrest, four HP Laptops, three Nokia phones,
four I phones, one Infinix Hot Note Phone, a Flash Drive and
four Military camouflage T-shirts were recovered from
them.
Investigations have also revealed that the suspects have
various incriminating documents in their Laptops and
Phones. They were posing on the dating sites as American
Soldiers and using different identities to defraud
unsuspecting American Ladies.
Oyewole confessed to have been posing as Billy Philip,
Johnson Moron and Montegro respectively.
According to him, he collected itune cards from one
Stephanie and has been using the card to chat with Holly
Donis, Dona Rissmiller and Mona Venziano among others
who were also Americans.
Adeniran also posed as Cheryl Ann and Cindy Grant on
Facebook and engaged unsuspecting ladies in dating. He
had also used the medium to defraud and obtain Dollars
from one Cherly Chambers.
Samuel has been posing as Gome, Rundell, and Klaus. He
confessed to have collected itune card and different sums
of dollars from Linda and Patricia on a dating site.
Israel had online affairs with Jeannie Mae Sherman and
obtained different sums running into several thousands of
dollars and itune cards from her and another One Thousand,
Two Hundred and Fifty One Dollars itune cards from Lritz
Ortiz. While Olorunyemi using the names Terry Elizabeth and
Bunt Janice Muriel had also swindled unsuspecting victims
to the tune of Two Hundred Dollars and Three Hundred
Dollars itune cards.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as
investigation is completed.
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