A convicted internet fraudster serving 24 years in jail, Hope Olusegun Aroke has allegedly pulled off a $1million scam from the Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos.
According to him, preliminary investigation revealed that the convict, “against established standard practice, had access to internet and mobile phone in the Correctional Centre where he is supposed to be serving his jail term. It said: for a felon supposedly serving a jail term, “investigation revealed that the Aroke used a fictitious name, Akinwunmi Sorinmade, to open two accounts with First Bank Plc and Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.
The commission said on November 11, 2019, investigations showed that the convict made a transfer of N3.5 million with his wife’s account Guaranty Trust bank token with account number: 0161538696. The indigene of Okene, Kogi State had claimed to be a student of Computer Science at the Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia.