A Nigerian man, Osang Otukpa has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly duping 139 Australians to the tune of $AUD8,000,000.
Edum News gathered that Otukpa was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos upon arrival from the United States of America on Friday, December 6, 2024.
His arrest was made public in a statement by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale on Friday.
In the statement, Oyewale revealed that Otukpa used five names which are Ford Thompson, Oscar Donald Tyler, Michael Haye, Jose Vitto and Kristin Davidson, to scam the victims.
The suspect was also said to have lured his victims on social media to invest in his fake cryptocurrency investment platform, Liquid Asset Group.
The statement partly reads, “Operatives of EFCC have arrested a suspected online fraudster, Osang Usie Otukpa, for allegedly duping 139 Australians to the tune of $AUD8,000,000.
“Otukpa, who goes by five aliases, namely: Ford Thompson, Oscar Donald Tyler, Michael Haye, Jose Vitto and Kristin Davidson scammed the victims by luring them on the social media to invest in his rogue cryptocurrency investment platform, Liquid Asset Group.
