Felix Osilama Okpoh, a suspect wanted by the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has voluntarily surrenders to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
EFCC dislosed this in a statement signed by the Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren and made avaiilable to The Trent on Tuesday, September 22, 2020.
According to EFCC, Okpoh was accompanied by his parents to the Lagos Zonal Office of the commission where he turned himself in.
Explaing why he surrendered to EFCC, Okpoh said he did it out of respect for his parents and his resolve to be morally upright.
EFCC disclosed that the agency had commenced an investigation into the role played by the suspect in the alleged $6 million scam.
Okpoh was declared wanted by the FBI in 2019 alongisde Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, and Nnamdi Orson Benson for their alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise, BEC, scheme that defrauded over 70 businesses in the United States, of over $6 million.
The suspect allegedly provided over 40 bank accounts to his conspirators, which were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers from their victims totaling over $1,000, 000USD.
He was, on August 21, 2019, indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
