Bursted!! Fraudster Who Impersonated Lagos, Ondo Deputy Governors On Facebook Arrested

Daniel Obasi, could have deployed his ingenuity into some legal means

of making money but instead, he decided to go the crooked way by

cloning Facebook and e-mail accounts of prominent Nigerians including

the deputy governors of Lagos and Ondo States, and this venture has

become his undoing as he was arrested by detectives attached to the

Ondo State Police Command.



Obasi, who was paraded by the State Commissioner of Police, Mike

Ogbodu, was described as a serial hacker, and confessed to cloning

Facebook accounts on behalf of very important personalities in the

country, including those of Dr Oluranti Idiat Adebule, the deputy

governor of Lagos State and her Ondo State counterpart, Alhaji Lasisi

Oluboyo and using such accounts to defraud unsuspecting members of the

public.



"I am from Imo State, but based in Port Harcourt. Yes, I opened separate

accounts of deputy governors. I used the accounts to chat with people

on the internet. I did not hack into their accounts; I only opened new

accounts on behalf

of them. I used the accounts to communicate with people.



It was frustration that led me into the crime. I was doing cosmetic

business before. Someone stole money from my shop and since then, I

have engaged in cybercrime.



I have not been long in this business of cybercrime. I have only

cloned accounts of Ondo and Lagos states deputy governors."



The police however, debunked his story, saying that Obasi didn't only

clone accounts but also used to hack into the accounts, using special

software and thousands of naira had been paid into his bank accounts

through the scam before he was arrested.



He was said to have promised his victims juicy contracts on behalf of

the states and urged them to pay the monies into his accounts to

facilitate the award of the contracts.



Source- Naijaloaded