The South East Zonal office of EFCC, on Thursday August 18 2016, released a N500,000 (five hundred thousand Naira only) recovered fund to a fraud victim, Dr. Mrs. Veronica Ibeziako. Ibeziako, a retired Chief Magistrate in Anambra State, was swindled while she sort for financial assistance to enable her proceed for medical treatment abroad. 


According to the victim, she was billed for a surgical procedure abroad, which was going to cost N3, 000,000.00 (three million naira only), but ended up being defrauded of N500,000 (five hundred thousand naira only) when she decided to sort for financial assistance, due to her inability to come up with the entire sum.

Though investigations into the matter is still ongoing, the recovered fund was released to the victim to enable her attend to her financial and medical needs for which she was defrauded.