Fraud victim receives N550,000 from EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has presented a bank draft of N550,000 to a civil servant in Ondo State, Elizabeth Aghahona, after the money was fraudulently withdrew from her account.

The bank draft was presented to her by the Assistant Commander of EFCC, Benin Zonal Command, Adesola Amusan.

This was made known via a statement issued and made available to The Star on Tuesday by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren.

Uwujaren stated that Aghahona petitioned the EFCC in February, 2022, over mysterious withdrawal of N550,000 from her bank account by unknown persons.

He added that the commission’s investigation traced the money to a Paycom account holder who received N500,000 while the sum of N50,000 was used to purchase airtime by the fraudster.

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“She was restituted by the Paycom account holder who confessed to receiving the sum of N500,000 transferred into her wallet account in 10 tranches by some unknown persons,” the anti-graft agency spokesperson added.

Speaking on the development, Aghahona said: “I am grateful to the EFCC for making sure that I got back my money. Honestly, I never believed I could get back my money as my bank which I had earlier reported the matter to, did nothing.

“EFCC is working, I can attest to that as I am a living witness. God has placed the Commission to rid the country of economic and financial crimes. My advice to victims of fraud is that you should not lose hope, the EFCC is your hope.”

In his remarks, Amusan stated that the “EFCC is for everyone and we will do whatever it takes to ensure that victims of fraud get back their money.”

The Star