EFCC demand Naira Marley’s transaction history from Mastercard, Visa Inc

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has written Visa
Inc. and Mastercard Inc. to furnish it with details on credit cards
used by musician, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira
Marley.

The commission said the cards recovered from the artiste during
his arrest were used for alleged identity theft and credit card
fraud.

According to court documents obtained by The PUNCH, the EFCC’s
letters to Visa and Mastercard – titled, ‘Investigation Activities’
– were dated May 13, 2019, three days after it arrested Naira
Marley.

The letters were signed by the Zonal Head, EFCC, Lagos, Dein
Whyte.

“The commission is investigating a case of identity theft and
electronic cards-related fraud in which the listed card information
were recovered during investigation,” EFCC’s letter to Visa and
Mastercard partly read.

In the letter to Visa, the commission asked the company to
provide information about the last five transactions on each of
three Visa cards recovered from Naira Marley.

The first card with number 4921819410257431 was issued by Lloyds
Bank Plc and bears the name Timea Fedorne Tatar.

The second card with number 4539782440624281 was issued by
Barclays Bank Plc and bears the name Nicole Louise Maylon, while
the third card with number 4757147207869807 was issued by Santander
UK Plc and bears the name Sharon Broad.

Likewise, in the EFCC’s letter to Mastercard, the commission
asked the company to furnish it with information about the last
five transactions on a Mastercard card recovered from the
musician.

The card with number 5354631405139323 was issued by Prepay
Technologies Ltd and bears the name Linh H. Mendez Rojas.

Naira Marley was arrested on May 10 at 9 Gbangbala Street,
Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, together with Omomniyi Temidayo (aka Zlatan
Ibile) and three others for alleged advance fee fraud.

Following his arrest, the anti-graft agency filed an 11-count
against Naira Marley.

The charges with suit number FHC/L/178C/19 were filed before a
Lagos State High Court.

The artiste was later arraigned before Justice Nicholas Oweibo
of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on May 20, 2019.

Following his arraignment, Justice Oweibo ordered that Naira
Marley be remanded in the prison custody until May 30 to take the
bail application filed by the defendant’s counsel, Taiwo
Oreagba.

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