By Wendy Nweke

A 29-year-old man, Ume Clinton, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for impersonating as an EFCC official and defrauding a Belgian lady of the sum of (€45,000), over N19m.

The EFCC said this in a statement posted on its Facebook page on Thursday.

According to the statement, Clinton was arrested on October 18, 2022, at No 46 Atoke Gbadebo Street, Isheri, Lagos, by men of the EFCC, following a news story published by an online platform: Foundation for Investigative Journalism, narrating how Clinton defrauded Axelle Mahieu, an educator working as a caregiver in Brussels, Belgium.

The victim was surfing through her Facebook page in November 2021, when she saw that someone had sent her a message. The message was from Ume Clinton, who introduced himself as “a friend of a friend.”

As they continued chatting in the following days, Clinton told Mahieu that he was an official of the EFCC, with a fake Identity Card and Nigerian Passport as proofs.

After several months of video calls and gaining Mathieu’s trust, Clinton allegedly proposed a cryptocurrency business to her, assuring her of huge profit and secured capital.

After convincing the Belgian, Clinton ended up defrauding her of €45,000.

Source:punchng.com