Police in Lagos have arraigned two men, Abayomi Oluwasesan and Onifade Adeniyi, for alleged theft of $87million dollars.
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the prosecution had alleged that the defendants, who escaped from the country, were apprehended with the help of the International Police Organisation.According to the police, aside the 1st defendant, Oluwasesan, who was a staff of the company, other persons involved in the fraud were presently at large.
Some counts in the charge against the defendants read: “That you Abayomi Oluwasesan and Onifade Adeniyi on or before October 2022, within the jurisdiction of this court did conspire among yourselves to commit felony, to wit: computer related fraud and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 27 and punishable under Section 14 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention Act) 2015.
“That you Abayomi Oluwasesan and Onifade Adeniyi of the same place, date and time in the aforesaid judicial division did convert the sum of $87,883,904 dollars, property of Afriq Arbitrage Company to yourselves, property derived directly from proceeds of theft with the aim of concealing or disguising the Illicit origin or source of the money and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(1) of the Money and (Prohibition) Act LFN.
“That you Abayomi Oluwasesan and Onifade Adeniyi, knowingly and without authority, fraudulently changed the ownership credentials of the Company Chief Executive Officer of Afriq Arbitrage Company and gained access to millions of the subscribers’ investments and diverted the sum of $87,883,904 dollars to yourselves and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 14 of Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention ETC) Act 2015.”
