An operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the Land and Property Fraud Unit, Lagos, Mr. Idi Musa, has narrated to a Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja how suspected internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, otherwise known as Mompha, and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, were linked to advance fee fraud and other fraud-related offenses.
However, when Musa, the sixth prosecution witness, was led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Mr. Suleiman Suleiman, he told the court that based on the combined efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the EFCC forensic analysis, the team he led discovered that N30 billion passed through the account of the first defendant, to a Fidelity Bank account.He said, “About N5 billion in Zenith Bank was linked to the second defendant, that is the first defendant’s company.
“Response received from the FBI through a letter to the Chairman of EFCC and sent to the team, the company was contacted and two staff members of the company were interviewed, and they confirmed that on May 5, 2018, the email account of one of the staff of Select Milk Company, which is a subsidiary company of Diary facility, was hacked.”
He said when Olayinka was interrogated, he confessed he met the first defendant face-to-face in Dubai and that Mompha told him that he picks money for Yahoo Boys.