EFCC arrests 2 music producers and 4 others over Internet fraud in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The Operatives of the Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, identified the suspects as John Obot and Odok Valentine, Emdiong Iwoenang, Christian Alvan Okechukwu, Innocent Japhet and Edem Uwana.
They were arrested recently at their apartment located on 3 Ring Road, off Shelter Afrique, Uyo.
Items recovered from them, at the point of arrest, are: five laptops; 11 mobile phones; one grey -coloured Mazda 3, a black- coloured Lexus ES 350 and a silver- coloured Toyota Camry car.
Forensic analyses of the 5 laptops and 11 phones recovered from them, revealed evidences of their various levels of involvement in cyber crimes. Based on the incriminating evidences against them, they all owned up and made confessional statements.
According to EFCC, they will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded