The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed that its operatives investigate travel documents and employment scams because they have become new avenues for fraudsters.
The issues were discussed during the town hall meeting hosted on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday.
The EFCC’s role was explained by Olaniyi Olusayo, Head, Counter Terrorism and Investigation of the Commission’s Lagos zonal command.
He said EFCC has a special power for the coordination and enforcement of all the activities of financial crime laws, which include investigation of fake travel documents, and employment scam.
Olusayo said scammers lure people into believing that if they invest a certain amount of money in their country abroad, they can get the country’s citizenship.
He said the scammers deceive their victims into believing that they will be able to work in countries they invest in and bring in their families and friends.
He said, “They call it…
