EFCC arrests ponzi scheme operators, recovers firearms
Their arrest was sequel to intelligence that the organisation had lured many citizens to ‘invest’ in the alleged bogus scheme using irresistible promise of return on investment of up to 50 percent in two weeks as a bait.
But investigation revealed that Mohammed Garba Iliyasu, who was said to be now on the run is the Managing Director of the Company. It was also gathered that on September 5, operatives of the Commission executed a search on the family house of the suspects in Hotoro Area of Kano State and made startling discovery of prohibited firearms, live ammunition and several other incriminating documents.
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