An advance fee fraud section of EFCC have arraigned Iyonsi Timeyin Timothy  who was arrested as an off-shoot of a case reported by the FBI in the ongoing cordinated “Operation reWired”. The suspect was arrested sometimes in September, 2019 at Abuja after months of discrete investigation about the suspect and his other accomplice.

The EFCC counsel Kufre Uduak arraigned the defendant on two count offence of Possession of Fraudulent Documents and Obtaining Money under False Pretense.

EFCC said that Iyonsi Tumeyin Timothy sometime in September, 2019 in Lagos within the lkejo Judicial Division with intent to defraud obtained the sum of $4,500 (Four Thousand Five Hundred US dollars) from one Julio Zogorski under the false pretence to wit: “romance scam” which pretence you knew to be false.

The defendant was a serving Corps member with the National Assembly.

He was arraigned on Monday before Justice Solebo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja Judicial Division, the suspect pleaded “not guilty” to the two count charge.

The defense counsel Jolone Ikomi applied that the defendant be admitted to bail on most liberal terms and conditions.

Justice Solebo granted bail in the sum of N500,000.00, a surety in likesum and must be a verifiable resident within the jurisdiction of the court.

The trial judge also ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison custody pending perfection of bail conditions and adjourned the case to 18th of June, 2019 for commencement of trial.