N1.4bn fraud: EFCC moves Atumeyi, Kogi politician to Lagos

Atumeyi, cyber-fraud suspect was flown into Lagos in the early hours of Wednesday in continuation of the investigation into the scam.

Atumeyi and two others, Joshua Dominic and Abdulmalik Salau Femi, a former bank employee, were arrested by the EFCC for allegedly hacking into the system of a commercial bank and defrauding the institution of over N1.4 billion.

The EFCC had in a statement on Tuesday November 1, 2022 disclosed that it recovered N326 million and $140,500 from Atumeyi during a sting operation at his hideout in Queens Estate, Gwarinpa, Abuja, while $470, 000 was recovered from Abdulmalik in Lagos.