I buried my dad with Yahoo money – 21-year-old Yahoo Boy tells court as he is sentenced to one year imprisonment

A 21-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Ifeanyi Egbuwu, has told the court that he used proceeds from his fraud activities aka Yahoo Yahoo, to bury his father.

Egbuwu was arrested on August 2, 2022, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on some Internet fraudsters at 42, Ola Williams Street, Kay Farm Estate, Iju, Lagos State. During the arrest, nothing was recovered from the suspect, who claimed to have recently graduated from Oregun Senior High School. However, he granted the EFCC access to his email, [email protected], where fraudulent documents were recovered.