The South East Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu secured 14 convictions in the last 10 months and recovered over N244,574,587.28.
The Zonal Head, Johnson Babalola, disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu at a press conference to brief the media and other stakeholders on the activities of the zone since January 2016.
Babalola further disclosed that $955,465, €10,000 and 3,588 Chinese RMB were also recovered by the zone.
Among assets forfeited, he disclosed, is $130,750, which has been paid into the coffers of the Federal Government.
On the cases being handled by the zone, Babalola stated that 522 cases are currently under investigation, 36 of those cases have been concluded and charged to various courts in the South East region for prosecution.
Babalola further revealed that among the cases currently being investigated by the zone was that of over N4 billion Advance Fee Fraud involving Chief Patrick Nwokike of “Let’s Partner With You” and another N9 billion involving one Joshua Morah, the Chief Executive Officer of Borec Services.
He advised members of the public to be wary of the activities of fraudsters who disguise as poverty alleviators to fleece them of their hard earned monies.
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