Nigerian street-hop music star Afeez Adeshina Fashola, popularly known in music circles as Naira Marley has been indicted in the cyberfraud case leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The was made known on Thursday, June 9, by Whyte Dein of the Cybercrime Section of the EFCC, at the resumed hearing of the case, who was led in evidence by EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo.
He said that Forensic investigations indicted Naira Marley in the ongoing cyberfraud case.
Dein, the Chief Detective Officer of the Section, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo that they discovered conversations on the defendant’s iPhone with one Raze who asked for a credit card details.
He said, “One of our findings from the forensic report shows the exchange of chat messages with several persons when the defendant sent credit card details, including card numbers and expiration dates. Visa card details were one of those sent by the defendant to a certain person known on his contact list as Raze. This message sent Visa Card details to Raze, after which Raze replied that the card was not valid.”
“We were able to establish through investigation the previous messages he sent with a wrong card that was indeed not valid. We then repeated the same process a second time which was now valid.”
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Dein also explained that the singer used a multi-lingual browser to access illegal networks.
He said: “The defendant used malicious tools to disguise the identity and location of the user of the laptop when connected to the internet along with the presence of the Top Browser which acted as a single gateway to the dark net. This gave us a reasonable ground to suspect that the defendant had been engaging in fraudulent card activities. And this was established through a reply to our request to Visa Western Union Card.”
“The types of sites most commonly associated with the dark web are marketplaces where illicit goods such as narcotics, firearms, and stolen credit card numbers are bought and sold. The darkest corners are used to hire hit-men, engage in human trafficking, and exchange child pornography.”
The singer reportedly committed these offenses between November 26 and December 11, 2018, and May 10, 2018. He was arraigned on May 20, 2019, but was granted bail.
After examining the evidence brought forward by the EFCC counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, Justice Nicholas Oweibo adjourned the case till July 13 for ruling and July 15 for the continuation of trial.
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