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Thursday, 13 August 2015

EFCC arrests suspected $4m fraudster, Idowu Olanrewaju, shares photos of hotel, cars he bought with the stolen money

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested a suspected fraudster, Idowu Olarenwaju, alias Capt Anthony Abel Saramoh for defrauding an American Citizen of the sum of $4million through his company, Total Intership Nigeria Limited.

According to a statement by EFCC, Olanrewaju tricked his victim into paying the said amount into his company's account with the promise of supplying him with crude oil from Nigeria.


Luck however ran out on him after the victim petitioned the EFCC when he did not hear a word from Olanrewaju again after the money he requested for was transferred. Investigations by EFCC led to the arrest of one Joe Onwudimowei on June 18th. Joe was discovered to be of an accomplice of Olanrewaju who operates the account of Total Intership Nigeria Limited with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) where the money was deposited.

Upon interrogation, he confessed to be working for Olanrewaju and one Otunba Yemi Osho and that he had handed both men the money from the said transaction. Olanrewaju who does not have any reasonable source of income was discovered to have several properties in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and a 44 rooms hotel in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Also recovered from him were a number of exotic cars including, a 2014 Range Rover, 2013 Honda Crosstour, 2013 Range Evogue and Honda CRV. He is expected to appear in court soon.

101 comments:

Unknown said...

Another no way to survive.

Nawa o

Bonita Bislam said...

More power & wisdom to EFCC.They seem to be working overtime this days

COOKIE LYON said...

chei!!!! this man can tiff!!!!





Thats all...

Unknown said...

Jesus

Alloy Chikezie said...

Serves him right. The long arm of the law has caught up with him.

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Unknown said...

Imagine! Wit his Yoruba face n swollen lips

Unknown said...

These are the idiots giving us a bad name

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Can you imagine all he acquired with illicit fund.
You can run, but you can't hide from the law.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Anonymous said...

SOME PEOPLE WILL BE CALLING HIM "SIR". NOT KNOWING HE IS A THEIF.

Jasmine Joseph said...

Damn na sharp guy u be, a whole 4M dollars, but u fall my hand so all that money and u no even fit rock ferrari b4 them catch u

Anonymous said...

Keep arresting them when u cant provide decent jobs... dis country ehn they like doing things backwards

TAMARA SPLASH said...

Ndi ofe mmanu again

KING Nwa AMAKA said...

Ole buruku

mccoy said...

Omg. I used to see dis guy evry day in r/omasi in ph with different cars bearing 'ID' plate numbers. Always wondered what he does for a living.. Now I know. Lyf!

Unknown said...

Sorry o oga, your fowl don lay cook egg. Time to pay for your crimes














#TeamBlessed#

Unknown said...

God don catch you. Living large at the expense of someone's sweat. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

God don catch you. Living large at the expense of someone's sweat. Linda take note!

Anonymous said...

ID the bad guy that's more than meek mill' networth 🙌🏽

Anonymous said...

jesu! badt guy

Unknown said...

oga ole... useless adult feeding on peoples sweat.. see his face!!. dem plenty o EFCC!!!!..

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh!he even use the money judiciously and wisely?by investing it,rather than squarndering it on cars and girl's only.
yoruba's and fraud are like hausa's and terrorism.what pains me is this,you we not hear what the useless efcc we do to him after today.
Since i came to nigeria i have never heard or see were the idiots prosecute people.
Nigeria sorry.













#sad indeed


















#sad indeed

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh!he even use the money judiciously and wisely?by investing it,rather than squarndering it on cars and girl's only.
yoruba's and fraud are like hausa's and terrorism.what pains me is this,you we not hear what the useless efcc we do to him after today.
Since i came to nigeria i have never heard or see were the idiots prosecute people.
Nigeria sorry.













#sad indeed


















#sad indeed

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh!he even use the money judiciously and wisely?by investing it,rather than squarndering it on cars and girl's only.
yoruba's and fraud are like hausa's and terrorism.what pains me is this,you we not hear what the useless efcc we do to him after today.
Since i came to nigeria i have never heard or see were the idiots prosecute people.
Nigeria sorry.













#sad indeed


















#sad indeed

Anonymous said...

Hian

Anonymous said...

Rubbish EFCC spend your time and arrest all these politicians that you keep inviting for questioning and we don't hear anything again. Example, the Sarakis, Dasuki etc then we know u people are really working hard.

OSINANL said...

Na waoh...

I B M bolubantin said...

Wow...that's fraud on a large scale

Anonymous said...

This is robbery at its greatest height. I have never seen anything like this before. That is why i don't envy most of the rich men in Nigeria. Most of them are fraud stars.

livingstone said...

Crime never pays... good work from the EFCC. keep it up

FRESH said...

You'll see all this scumbags cruising around in exotic cars feeling like Captain Africa.How can anyone call this hard work? I read comments of young people who call this hustling.If your friend,sibling or relative is into this,tell them it's same as armed robbery,drug peddling & 419! Same dirty shit.A lot of people are making money by the second via hard work.it's so damn easy! Just think.

Unknown said...

Yawah don Gas,well enjoy jail sex bro!

ELENA (HER MAJESTY) said...

Choi...who wld now claim the properties?

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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Dude has really established himself shah nobi lie shah.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

Unknown said...

Heeee! Nkea dikwa too much.

Unknown said...

Deluded Hustler.
The mofo should have laid low for 'like 2 yrs to somehow diffuse the anticipated heat(s) that usually accompanied 419 of this proportion.
Dumb Fuck.

Anonymous said...

Another mans sweat . God go catch all of you criminals including my ex

Karlsson said...

Can U imagine? He even customised the plate numbers of the cars. Money he didn't work for, U ll surely pay for ur crime

Ubanagum

shemexd1 said...

NAWAOOOOOOOOOO

INDIGENOUS LIB said...

Choi.... Spirit of karishika.... Taaaaaarh... Owo illegal

Blog It With Olivia said...

Nice job EFCC






#ITwillONLYgetBETTER
#itMUSTendINpraise

Blog It With Olivia said...

Nice job EFCC






#ITwillONLYgetBETTER
#itMUSTendINpraise

Anonymous said...

AFTER NOW ALL THESE ASSHOLE YORUBA'S WILL BE SAYING "NA ONLY IGBOS SABI WETIN BE MONEY" TRIBALISTIC FOOLS!!!!

Davido's driver said...

Odiewu

lulu_1 said...

Abeg make them take it easy, this ldowu self too do.

bummyla said...

Wicked People! 419 Does Not Pay! Go And Hustle! Period! http://www.bummyla.com

Olorogun Yomi'baz said...

hmmmmmmmm

Anonymous said...

Wow! Legit friends and family would've envied him. Wished for his money!
Moral: ask for grace, work smart, be contented cuz short cut leads to been caught.

Anonymous said...

Omo mehn no be small thing oooh

Unknown said...

Yoruba people.
Lazy people.

Anonymous said...

These Ofenmanu people again?

Unknown said...

Jux negodu his face like Oyo State Man...😏.. Is he related to Govt Alao Akala?

BLUNT said...

Criminal son of Oduduwa! Product of incest!

Unknown said...

Imagine the huge sum of money.

Unknown said...

Yoruba.....i hail! If na my igbo brother now una go get big mouth!

Unknown said...

O'boy!

Anonymous said...

419 has no tribe. Some Yorubas who have been shouting and abusing Igbos can now read and see that 419 has no tribe. Choi. Ms he be locked away in jail for a very very long time.

Anonymous said...

419 has no tribe. Some Yorubas who have been shouting and abusing Igbos can now read and see that 419 has no tribe. Choi. Ms he be locked away in jail for a very very long time.

Unknown said...

Yoruba people.
Why cant they ever work hard for their money?
And they will be the in making mouth.

Unknown said...

Too bad

Unknown said...

Serves him right!

Anonymous said...

Jesus!! I can never be envious of someone I don't know...because I don't know how they got their money

Anonymous said...

bigmaism SMH

Unknown said...

He should b punished accordingly do dat it wil serve as deterrent to others.

Anonymous said...

Vanity upon Vanity.

Unknown said...

Them done cash ham! So it would b for all of them that continue to defraud others all in the name of being smart and sharp

Anonymous said...

Na God go dey catch all of u one after d other

ary said...

Like a boss. Erm Davido look this guy is not Igbo and he likes money and steals it too!

Anonymous said...

Bros I hail u

Chudi said...

Good!!! Catch all of them, thieves!!!

Unknown said...

The evil men do live with them now!!!

Unknown said...

The evil men do live with them now

adenikeYA said...

...Ehm,ehm...only the con man was arrested?? Haba, that's not fair. Arrest the 2nd Mofo too. It takes two to tango. $4m!! Not even at gun point! How dim could the victim have been??? Some clown presents an outrageous deal and you fell for it instead of forwarding such deal to your police. Haba. Western countries have continually warned their citizens to be wary of "phunky" deals. Deals that smell fishy but these greedy foreigners keep falling for the bait. If a deal is too good to be true, it's obviously not true. Rogues...both the conned and the con man!! The conned man should be invited to Nigeria too. He must be quizzed. If he so much needs crude oil, why not contact his Chamber of Commerce etal? Now things have gone awry, he's crying! He's in for the long haul!. As for the con man...see your life! Elebi! Hungry man! Acquiring cars and property. To fool people that you've arrived. Okay o. To the slammer, off you go! Oyinbo people are too greedy. They keep falling for the same lies and never learn. Wanting to reap where they did not sow. Even if the victim was paying in instalments, he should have come to his senses before paying the total of $4m. Abi dem use juju! I doubt it. He himself was trying to con Nigeria. Both men are Mofos!!! I won't be surprised if the con man and his cohorts cannot even speak or write English effectively. Now you are wasting government time. Nonsense!!

adenikeYA said...

...Ehm,ehm...only the con man was arrested?? Haba, that's not fair. Arrest the 2nd Mofo too. It takes two to tango. $4m!! Not even at gun point! How dim could the victim have been??? Some clown presents an outrageous deal and you fell for it instead of forwarding such deal to your police. Haba. Western countries have continually warned their citizens to be wary of "phunky" deals. Deals that smell fishy but these greedy foreigners keep falling for the bait. If a deal is too good to be true, it's obviously not true. Rogues...both the conned and the con man!! The conned man should be invited to Nigeria too. He must be quizzed. If he so much needs crude oil, why not contact his Chamber of Commerce etal? Now things have gone awry, he's crying! He's in for the long haul!. As for the con man...see your life! Elebi! Hungry man! Acquiring cars and property. To fool people that you've arrived. Okay o. To the slammer, off you go! Oyinbo people are too greedy. They keep falling for the same lies and never learn. Wanting to reap where they did not sow. Even if the victim was paying in instalments, he should have come to his senses before paying the total of $4m. Abi dem use juju! I doubt it. He himself was trying to con Nigeria. Both men are Mofos!!! I won't be surprised if the con man and his cohorts cannot even speak or write English effectively. Now you are wasting government time. Nonsense!!

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Anonymous said...

He must be fayose trainee

Oatzeal said...

Many days for the thief. One day for d owner.

Ma Fla said...

You see them on the streets and envy what they have meanwhile they are stolen stuffs and they don't have peace because with such monies you can never have peace of mind. BE CONTENTED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.

Maya said...

Yoruba pple "Tifing" too much lately...

Anonymous said...

@Bonita Bislam, @Eze Chukwumereze @wilheminna moses @BONARIO NNAGS @ Alloy Chikezie. Thunder fire all of una, mike okiro former Inspector general of police Mike Okiro. (ICPC indicts Okiro, asks him to refund N133m). http://www.punchng.com/news/icpc-indicts-okiro-asks-him-to-refund-n133m/
The stupid EFCC couldn't order firing squad to kill him immediately this hustler wey just made money and used it wisely na him you fools come dey write rubbish about. Thunder fire ur generation if you try comment on this lovely guy again.

Anonymous said...

Him get one edo girl, one calabar, one Hausa, and two ibos. Spray me the money!

Anonymous said...

Idiot! Whore! Trying to join wilimina moses? Igbo prostitutes!

Anonymous said...

Bitch! Igbo whore

JOHN said...

CORRECT BRO TELL THEM

JOHN said...

CORRECT ONE BRO,TELL THEM AND LINDA TOO

Unknown said...

Lmao..."Ndi ofe nmanu"

Anonymous said...

Anon if thunder fire all dis peeps, wetin we De come read fr lib again? Linda go close blog be dat naa. Abeg I reject it, especiali my willy n bona. Back to senda

Anonymous said...

I know the hotel very well in Ado ekiti, Hilmart hotel, it was opened officially in 2013 , then it was one of the best hotel in ado, to my surprise, I never knew the dude was into fraud thou..... God help him.... Loads of hotel and filling station are in Ado ekiti and ado ekiti,if you guys don't know is the centre where most fraud star lives lol....

Anonymous said...

Arrest the American for economic sabotage, conspiracy to steal, attempting to receive stolen property as well as attempt to profit through illicit means. In addition to bribery and corruption. As bad as the crime is, It takes 2 to tango, you can't treat this ID fellow as a criminal and reward the american with shaming, arresting, intimidating, arraignment, confistication and likely serving terms the nigerian while he makes a case of what? Was he deaf n dumb to NIPC, NNPC, even NEXIM and both Consulates in these days of google and Linda Ikeji blog???

Anonymous said...

Stupid whore

Anonymous said...

Dts almost a billion naira.

Anonymous said...

Why is it that when black people suddenly come into huge sums of money, we can't help but be flashy with it??

There are so many millionaire white people out there whose bank accounts are flush and one would never know it.

If you're going to defraud others, don't be flashy with it. That's the quickest way to get caught.




***Lush

Anonymous said...

Why is it that when black people suddenly come into huge sums of money, we can't help but be flashy with it??

There are so many millionaire white people out there whose bank accounts are flush and one would never know it.

If you're going to defraud others, don't be flashy with it. That's the quickest way to get caught.




***Lush

Mr. Yoruba Ronu said...

You dey craze.... fool... So naa igbo dey godly.... Anofia..

Alawada kerikeri said...

una just dey open mouth here...I am sure after efcc don collect there own share the guy would be back on the street and all you basket mouth go still dey hail am ranka dede...

Anonymous said...

Story, saw him just this evening driving his Range in PH.

Anonymous said...

bros u get mouth ooo imagine 4million dolls e no easy at all, na to use 100 million naira settle EFCC so den go sweep the case under carpet nice 1 u na oga boss

Unknown said...

Pls permit me to air my view. Olny a greedy person can be duped. The Oyibo man with such money want to buy crude through the back door and a fast and furious Naija guy took advantage of his quest to make excess gain. If EFCC should arrest this employer of labour, the Oyibo man should also be arrested for trying to do illegal business in Nigeria.
Obviously, the Oyibo knows where to make clean business in Nigeria oil and gas sector but wants took the shortcut and got bitten and now he's crying fowl.
My take is that the Oyibo man should be tried also.
Now permit me to rest my case.

Moi said...

Stop using anonymous...at least show us a name...if u can't think of any,u can use ID 2 or beta still ole d 2nd...are u sure u are not related to dis guy?

Anonymous said...

I heard ID was arrested and searched online and whammo! it's him! he buys cars like they are toys! this year, january, he bought evoque and authobiography. before now he owned 2013 range rover sport, venza, bmw x6 and white lexus lx 570. last time I saw him I knew something was amiss; although very rich, he drives without escorts, but this time two armed policemen accompanied him to his estate near us. ID looked haggard, did not come with any big car and had two policement with him. I knew something was wrong...the long arm of the law! very long indeed. we often wondered where he got all these money from, some persons say 419, others say former dep governor and others oil and gas. so this is it!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Typical naija fool. do u know y I say u r fool? because YOU, not me, gave option to comment anonymous. meaning it is allowed. Second, insinuating I am relative of him, a bigger naija fool,because being his relative has nothing to do with leaving a comment in your post, very unprofessional of u and i will never return to this trash. your name? moi ... or moimoi?

tosin ola said...

they caught him red hand

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