A serious manhunt for “Yahoo Boyz” may have commenced in Imo State as the State Police Command has nabbed four suspects involved in the advance fee fraud.
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Operatives of the State Police Command, has paraded a university undergraduate and three others of defrauding a Dane, of 15,000 pounds while impersonating as a United States Army agent.
Parading the suspects, the Imo State Police Commissioner, Dasuki Galadanchi said the suspects engaged in the advance fee fraud, otherwise known as “yahoo, Yahoo”
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He said the suspects after the Dane of 15,000 pounds, they suspects made another fresh demand of 1,000 pounds.
He said the prime suspect by name Lambers met his victim on facebook bearing a name, Johnson Mills in order to commit the crime.
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He said the suspects were arrested when the victim flew into the country and lodaged a complaint at the State Command headquarters which led to investigations by the Police.
According to him, the Command embarked on “digital construction analysis” which led to their arrest within 24 hours by a combined team of operatives of Scorpion Squad and Monitoring Unit of the Command
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The main suspect who claimed to be a United States Army Sergeant by name Johnson Mills (Nicholas Lambert) claimed were arrested in Imo State .
The CP said “They were arrested by a combined team of operatives of Scorpion Squad and Monitoring Unit of the command for advanced fee fraud.”
“The main suspect who claimed to be a US Army Sergeant by name Johnson Mills ( Nicholas Lambert ) serving in Kabul , Afghanistan , and his friends , who claimed to be Red Cross agents , were arrested in Imo State .
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“We swooped on them at their hideout in Umuodu Mbieri, in the Mbaitoli LGA after the victim lodged a formal complaint to the police.
“The suspects have made useful statements to the police, confessing to have defrauded Jeanette Brunsma of Ringwey 10, Weiloo, Netherlands, of the sum of €15, 000.
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“The exhibits recovered from the suspects include 11 laptops and 20 phones of different brands.”
The prime suspect, Lambert, was said to have confessed when he said, “I met Jeanette on Facebook; I claimed to be a US solider to defraud him of €15, 000.
“After the initial payment, I demanded another €1, 500, after which I was arrested by the police in my hotel room.”
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