Nigeria, March 25 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned four Chinese nationals and one Nigerian before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja over an alleged hotel review scam.
The defendants - Liu Zhiwei, Chen Ye Qui, Zhang Xiao Wen, Lan Shun Bin, and Nwakama Chinyere Ogbonna - appeared before Justice Aliyu Halilu on Tuesday.
They were charged with conspiracy, cheating, and impersonation.
According to the EFCC, the accused were involved in a scheme where they used a fictitious identity, "Haron Koshear," to promote hotels in London as five-star establishments in exchange for $5 per review, even though the hotels did not meet the rating.
Nwakama Chinyere Ogbonna, who allegedly posed as ...