How MD/CEO Themap.ng, Anyanso Mma Allegedly Swindled Over 3,000 Nigerians N7.5b
MICHAEL AKINOLA
Facts have emerged on how the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Themap.ng, Anyanso Mma, allegedly lured over 3,000 innocent Nigerians and obtained them about N7.5b under pretense of business and promise of mouthwatering return on investment.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the details were contained in a petition to Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chairman, for prompt intervention.
The prime suspect, Mr. Mma, allegedly committed the dubious act with one Michael Mma -Director/Shareholder and Procurement Manager, Uchechwu Agu -Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mrs. Nene lroha – HR Manager and CRMI Manager, Mrs. Tolani Alabi – Public Relation Officer.
Apart from the fact that Mr. Anyanso Mma was the alter ego of the company, he actively campaigned (via appearances on radios, podcasts, Instagram live, etc) and engaged some social media influencers like Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr. Macaroni and Jubril Oladapo Gbadamosi.
Also some known as officers, who used their social media handles to advertise and promote his business on behalf of the company for ‘investors’ to invest funds into the company’s various investment plans were the followings:
I. Logistics/ Bike Investment — Mayweather Promo
II. Customer Relationship Management Investment (CRMI)
III. Education Virtual Reality for Students Investment (VR)
IV. Location Sponsorship Investment
V. Real Estate Investment.
VI. independent Investment — Allweather Promo
“With the expected ROI hovering between 60% to 110% depending on the investment plan and duration. Little did we, the investors, know that the said Anyanso Mma and his cohorts were diverting investors’ funds” one of the investors said.
It was also revealed that, to successfully lure the innocent investors, the company had an actual office manned by staff with few bikes seen within the company’s various offices premises and along the road (Ikeja, Lekki, and Abuja).
So, when investors get to any of the offices, they actually get the impression that they are investing in a proper company.
Investors confidence was further brought with the well-publicized remittances made to the earlier investors. The unraveling of the suspected Ponzi scheme all started around 1st week of October 2020, when suddenly, the company started giving excuses why it could not pay.
At first, it stated that the CRMI was oversubscribed and that the company wanted to refund the excesses before payment could resume (however, they still accepted funds from some investors).
Later, it said that the SEC has ordered them to refund all CRMI investors. After that, it was one story or the other and Mr. Anyanso Mma actually went underground, claiming to have had an accident, and continued to hide until it was learnt that EFCC officers had arrested him.
EFCC officers held him in a detention facility at Okotie-Eboh Office at Ikoyi for about a month and then released him on the 22nd of December 2020. Prior to his release, Anyanso Mma gave investors his word that as soon as he is released, he would sell some of the assets he diverted investors’ monies into and pay up investors.
To the chagrin of investors, after he was released, he stated clearly that EFCC had asked/instructed him not to meet or communicate with investors. This, the EFCC denied. Again, he stated that the EFCC has not ‘unfreezed’ the company’s account as well as his personal account.
It is worthy to note that Anyanso Mma on several occasions clearly stated that he is not the enemy, rather, we have a common enemy being the EFCC, that the EFCC is the reason he has not paid the investors and was encouraging the investors to stage protest against the EFCC at Okotie-Eboh Office at Ikoyi, to release his assets and unfreeze his company’s accounts and his personal account.
Reference to one of his numerous emails sent to investors about the delay in payment is and I quote:
“Dear Esteem Partners,
Your grievances are well understood and we apologize for all the pain and inconvenience the situation has caused you.
We are not against our investors nor against paying back, but at the moment the company and the investors have a common enemy which is the EFCC. We do not have any control over how long their investigation will last or when they will release our assets and accounts, we are working tirelessly with a joint combination of our legal team and a legal team provided by some of our investors who are going the extra mile to see us through the situation.
Please know that this situation is by no means a deliberate action by the company and there is no scam involved as we have just been put in a bad position by the commission and we are doing all we can to make sure the situation is resolved and everyone is paid, that is our major aim and motive”.
“Chairman Sir, with about 7.5 billion Naira investors’ funds (from Anyanso’s own admission), still under his firm and with EFCC Lagos, has been on the matter for about /months without prosecution still claims they are still investigating him. Mr. Chairman Sir, we implore you to kindly act in the interest of the innocent investors.”
Furthermore, Anyanso Mma admitted using some people’s bank accounts to receive funds since EFCC had restricted his bank accounts. He also admitted that he used investors funds to invest heavily in properties. It will interest you to know that on three (3) occasions, the investors have offered to help Anyanso Mma release his properties, which he claimed to be seized by EFCC, but Anyanso Mma only accepted verbally, but never comes forth with the conditions given by investors. These conditions are as follows:
1. That Anyanso Mma will provide an MoU making commitments for payments, using the assets as collateral if he fails to make payments afterward
2. That he includes payment plan in this MoU
3. That he sends this MoU to our various lawyers to review before adoption
“However, Anyanso Mma used his lawyer not performing as an excuse for why the MoU has not been out. The investors, through one of the lawyers, told Anyanso not to use EFCC as an excuse anymore because he had been offered assistance which he has not complied with.
Anyanso Mma may just disappear with the entirety of the money should EFCC release the assets and unfreeze his account without the investors being carried along especially in the light of both Themap.ng and Anyanso Mma holding investors incommunicado. While there is no doubt that EFCC has no collaboration with Mr. Anyanso Mma and Themap.ng, to do away with investors funds, the agency’s long delay to either prosecute Anyanso Mma or release/unblock the investors’ funds and the assets purchased with investors’ funds so as to alleviate investor’s plight is making a lot of investors believe otherwise.
“EFCC should either prosecute Anyanso Mma and all his collaborators in this monumental suspected Ponzi scheme or release/unfreeze forthwith (with the investors’ consent), all funds and assets belonging to or purchased by Anyanso Mma, with investors’ monies are evenly distributed to investors.
“We, the investors, are appealing to the Chairman of EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, to come to our aid as our only hope to get justice for the investors to ensure that every investors’ monies are refunded. Due to the current hardship in the country some investors have lost their lives through suicide, depressions, and shock on how they are going to pay back the loans they collected with collaterals, many can’t afford to pay their rent anymore, many have relocated to their villages and many have been sent out of schools due to tuition fees not paid and many marriages broken.
“Thank you in anticipation of a favorable consideration in the sole interest of the investors.”
Some of the investors included, Messrs Agbonifo Ohis Iyawere (N3,340,000), Victor Okinedo (N15,340,000), Chibueze Amuchie( N800,000), Bazuaye John and family (N25, 081,000), Obiakor Elochukwu Pious and wife (N44,900,00) and several others.
One of the victims, Enokela, who said he invested only N1.5m with the hope to receive almost N3m on returns and had attempt on his life because he borrowed some amount from friends and added it to his school fees to make up the N1.5m; saying he had no hope of repayment hence the suicide attempt.
The suspect, CEO, Mr Mma, could not be reached on his phone because it was switched off as the Anti-graft agency, EFCC, confirmed that the matter is under investigation.
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This themap.ng scammed me too😭😭
I chukwuma unegbu invested 900,000 naira in The Map company on CRMI, I went to there office In lekki (The Map)confirm that it’s a real company, I had to borrow money and even convinced my wife that the company was genuine , right now am stock I almost drank poison because of depression and I lost my job due this investment. Pls oga EFCC kindly help me and my family by getting my money out of this company called The Map, the CEO Ayanso Mma
Anyanso Mma, refund partners their money
Anyanso Mma, the MD/CEO of the Map and all his associates cannot eat our sweat for this modern scam under the premise of Real Estate,Bike, Virtual Classroom , CRMI and many more investments with a physical present / offices , use of radio station ,social media influencers as a biat/disguise to lure and swindle innocent citizens of their hard earned money. We plead with the EFCC Boss and their respective authorities to help us in recovering this funds because several lives has been cut short and families destroyed by this scammers.
I Am An Investor And The Above Information Is true…Mr Bala (Efcc boss) please swing into action. ANYANSO MMA PLANNED PONZI SCHEME FRONTING A BIKE DELIVERY BUSINESS I V LOST OVER 400K AS A POOR NIGERIAN MAN..PLEASE HELP WITH YOUR GOOD OFFICE.. ANYANSO MMA IS A SENIOR YAHOO PLUS MAN..
Anyanso mna, collected 100,000 from me on oct 27th 2020 for crmi investment package 3 days later he came up to say he had an accident and they will refund the subscribers mny till date i have not gotten a kobo its one story to the other. please efcc help assist for this criminal to refund our hard earn money. He has to be jailed.
Anyaso is a big thief
I invested in the delivery bike/Logistics investment. The capital was from part of a loan borrowed from the bank.
Mr. Anyaso Mma is not doing anything tangible to payback our monies. He has been using delay tactics since this issue started. He claimed EFCC froze his assets. He has been giving one excuse or the other just to frustrate people form getting back their monies.
We will prevail and get our monies back whether he likes it or not!
Sadly, I invested in this sham of a company too because I thought they were genuine, only to discover it was all packaging to hoodwink people into investing with them. I hope and pray through the intervention of the EFCC, investors will get their money back with Anyanso Mma duly punished for the untold harm he has caused to the investors.
I would never have put my money into knowing that the company is about scams. Having studied the trend of their business for about 6 months, I thought it was an investment company that I invited two of my aunts, hubby into it. It’s such a sad story.
I committed borrowed funds to The Map Online Limited for investmens in the CRMI. I also encouraged friends & my brother to do same not knowing I was preparing grounds for tales of woes.
Time will fail me if I have to begin recounting the bitter experience I’ve had to deal with since this whole nightmare started late 2020.
I can only pray that the EFCC be instrumental to ending this ordeal
After several visits to EFCC after submitting my petition about this criminal fraudulent activities by themap.ng to assist in looking into recovering millions of money stolen from me, there was no head way and every efforts put into this was swept under the carpet by EFCC. No feedback, no update and no communication with complete silent by the commission.
Anyamso mma has hold our money for almost 8months now and no hope of refunding , my capital with him is 1000,000,00 one million naira , I invested on his crmi
The annoying thing is that Anyanso Mma had physical offices and top actors he used to deceive us and scam me and my husband of our hard end money. We invested 900,000 and never got a dime from it. Paying of our rent was difficult that we almost got thrown out of our apartment.
Efcc please help us jail this man and his cohort.
It was very dificult to tink that this kind of investment can ever be a kind of Ponzi scheme considering the radio advert, comedian and Calibre of people that was used to lure people into it. They have offices, they have physical investment plans that will make anybody want to put their money into it. Even pastors and lawyers put their monies into it. Our government see all dis things but turn blind eyes and Even encourage the nonsense until lots of people will fall into it. No one eats the sweat of another and stay in peace. Rest of mind and peace of mind shall be far frm anyanso mma and members and every other Ponzi scheme team out there disguising to be good.
Why will someone portray his business as an investment venture and practice ponzi. The act is totally fraudulent and should not be taken likely in any sane country.
Muy family invested over 2m with this scammer Anyanso Nma, and he has always given one excuse or the other. He must be brought to book, to be compelled to pay all capital and due ROIs.
Ogbonna John I invested since October 6 2020 at the map uptill now I never received Kobo please oga of efcc help us and recover my money sir please
I fell for this scam because I thought Anyanso Mma and his TheMapng company were legit, not knowing it was all a bait to lure investors in and scam them.
Anyanso Mma should be made to refund investors their money, then him and his accomplices brought to book by the EFCC.
He has cause a lot of untold harm to people.
Its night time the EFCC Chairman Messrs Abdulrasheed Bawa personally Handle this investigation to salvage the lives of families of the investors who are dead and the ones still alive… The Company advertised their services and investments with reputable radio stations and individuals.
EFCC should with immediate alacrity swift into action a be refund all eligible investors their heard earned funds.
Anyanso Mma is a dubious scammer hiding under the guise of EFCC.. The business investment looked so real but it was all with the intent to dupe innocent Nigerians. Times are hard for people, lives have been lost due to this scam since last year, homes have been damaged and several other bad happenings. EFCC, stop aiding this criminal, come out and tell investors the truth. Get our money refunded.
I Mrs Adebakin inveetors in the named company themap
Inverted in bike at the rate of 780k,in which I inverted 4with them in which have not earn my return n 500k for CRMI.
In which he promise us to stay paying after his realise till now he as refuse to o pay n he as course problem to me as a single mother,I borrowed some of the money from co-operative in which I can pay back due to Anyanso Mma.
We are unable to understand why the statements of accounts cannot be used immediately to start refunding investors money. I made a total investment of N380,000.00 in the company called “The map”
(N180,000 for location and N200,000 for CMR i) l still have my original receipts. These criminals should face firing squad for their crime. The crime exceeds armed robbery in both content and effect on society.
It’s saddening that this company is engaged in fraudulent activities, for over two years we have been asked to validate payments but nothing has/is been done, rather we are given fake promises of being patient, The EFCC should take due action, we gave our all to the company expecting dividends from our money. As at today the company’s number no longer works, emails cannot be sent . WE NEED OUR MONEY
Who knows the end of this scam by Anyaso Mma. My 4Million is still with him. I suffered depression because of him. Can someone-a good samaritan point to his whereabout or if the case is still ongoing with EFCC?????