FBI Wanted Fraud Suspect Turns Himself In To EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos says a fraud suspect on the wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Felix Okpoh, has surrendered to the commission.

Okpoh, on Friday, turned himself in at the Lagos Zonal Office of the commission in company with his parents, Col. Garuba Okpoh(rtd.) and Chief Justina Okpoh.

The commission announced the development in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by its Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren.

According to the ccommission, Felix, during interrogation, stated that he surrendered to the commission “out of the respect he had for his parents and his resolve to be morally upright.”

The statement read in part, “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced an investigation of one Felix Osilama Okpoh, an alleged fraudster on the watchlist of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, for his involvement in a $6m internet fraud.”

Okpoh, alongside Richard Uzuh, Alex Ogunshakin, Abiola Kayode and Nnamdi Benson, had been declared wanted by the FBI sometime in 2019 for their alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise scheme that defrauded over 70 businesses in the United States, of over $6m.

The suspect allegedly provided over 40 bank accounts to his conspirators, which were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers from their victims totalling over $1m.

He was, on August 21, 2019, indicted in a US District Court, District of Nebraska, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.