The Port Harcourt directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arrested 11 suspected currency racketeers and internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
They were arrested around Apara Street, New Government Reservation Area, GRA, Port Harcourt based on credible intelligence on their suspected involvement in naira abuse and internet fraud.
The suspects are: Rafael Obi, John Daniel, Dominion Sambo, Solomon Nwoke, Solomon Daniel, Stanley Uche, Micheal Markson, Chima Fred Onwra, Arinze Damian, Vizor Richard and Chidera Orji.
Items recovered from them include, cash totaling N1,485,000.00 (One Million Four Hundred and Eighty-five Thousand), five luxury vehicles smartphones and several incriminating documents.
The currency racketeers will be charged to court as soon as the investigations are concluded, the EFCC said in a statement by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale.