Internet Fraudster Loses To Govt N230.6m Kept With GTBank

The judge had also ordered the EFCC to publish the interim forfeiture order in any national newspaper for the respondent, Reuben, or anyone who was interested in the sums to show cause why the money should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.At the resumed hearing of the matter on Tuesday, Mr. Mohammed Idris, lawyer to the EFCC, while urging the court to finally order the forfeiture of the money in a suit numbered FHC/L/CS/647/ 2019, said order of the court has been fully complied with and that no one has show interest in the said sums.

Idris further told the court that the said illicit funds are warehoused in some accounts domiciled in GT Bank Plc.

He therefore urged the court to grant his agency’s request.

Upon hearing the EFCC’s motion on notice, supporting affidavit and written address, ordered the final forfeiture of the N210, 287, 697.45 million  N5,320,373.40, million N15,008,809.79 million and $80.59 sums found by the anti-graft agency in the various accounts of the respondent domiciled in Guaranty Trust Bank to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Reuben, an alleged fraudster who specialised in identity theft, wire fraud and mail fraud, was arrested following an intelligence report received by the commission.