EFCC arrests operators of Wonder bank over alleged N2bn scam
It was learnt that the suspected company called Bluekey Investment Club, operating from Sonia Mall, 42 Woji Road, YKC Junction, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission as a Software Development and General Contracting Firm, but allegedly veered into an interest-yielding Ponzi Scheme with ten percent weekly returns on investment over Months.The anti-graft spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
He added, “Nineteen members of staff of the company were rounded up on Friday, August 30, 2019 in Port Harcourt. “Among them are five Principal Officers: Princess Tsaroigbara ; Onwusa Frances Chineze; Naabe Gunugu, Tambari Success and Anorue Maureen. The Chairman of the company: Neenwi Swanu was at large as at the time of arrest”.
EFCC said Princess Tsaroigbara, Public Relations Officer of the Company told interrogators that her company was into “Digital Financial and other Technological Services” and was not sure if the company was fully registered with the Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
Further, EFCC disclosed that scores of alleged defrauded customers thronged the premises of the Company seeking the intervention of the Commission.Uwujaren affirmed that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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