EFCC demands Naira Marley’s transaction history from Visa and Mastercard

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has composed Visa Inc. furthermore, Mastercard Inc. to outfit it with subtleties on charge cards utilized by performer, Azeez Fashola, famously known as Naira Marley.

The commission said the cards recuperated from the artiste amid his capture were utilized for supposed data fraud and charge card extortion

As per court reports gotten by Punch, the EFCC's letters to Visa and Mastercard – titled, 'Examination Activities' – were dated May 13, 2019, three days after it captured Naira Marley.

The letters were marked by the Zonal Head, EFCC, Lagos, Dein Whyte. "The commission is examining an instance of data fraud and electronic cards-related misrepresentation in which the recorded card data were recuperated amid examination," EFCC's letter to Visa and Mastercard somewhat read.

In the letter to Visa, the commission requested that the organization give data about the keep going five exchanges on every one of three Visa cards recouped from Naira Marley. The main 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.

In like manner, in the EFCC's letter to Mastercard, the commission requested that the organization outfit it with data about the keep going five exchanges on a Mastercard card recuperated from the performer. The card with number 5354631405139323 was issued by Prepay Technologies Ltd and bears the name Linh H. Mendez Rojas.

Naira Marley was captured on May 10 at 9 Gbangbala Street, Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, together with Omomniyi Temidayo (otherwise known as Zlatan Ibile) and three others for supposed development expense extortion. Following his capture, the counter unite office recorded a 11-mean something negative for Naira Marley. The accuses of suit number FHC/L/178C/19 were documented before a Lagos State High Court.

The artiste was later summoned before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on May 20, 2019. Following his arraignment, Justice Oweibo requested that Naira Marley be remanded in the jail guardianship until May 30 to take the safeguard application recorded by the respondent's insight, Taiwo Oreagba.