{"id":63275,"date":"2025-03-24T22:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63275"},"modified":"2025-03-24T22:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:01:57","slug":"efcc-arrests-133-suspects-in-abuja-over-alleged-ponzi-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/24\/efcc-arrests-133-suspects-in-abuja-over-alleged-ponzi-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Arrests 133 Suspects in Abuja Over Alleged Ponzi Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 133 individuals linked to an alleged Ponzi scheme operating under the name Q University, also known as Q Net, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were apprehended on Monday, March 24, 2025, at Compensation Layout in Gwagwalada, following credible intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, the academy lured young Nigerians with promises of massive profits through a scheme branded &#8220;Special Training for New Generation Billionaires.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Recruits were required to purchase forms titled &#8220;Independent Representative Application Form&#8221; and were encouraged with slogans like &#8220;I am a Champion&#8221; and &#8220;I am Unstoppable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC carried out the operation in collaboration with the 176 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n<p>Items such as mobile phones, computers, and other electronic gadgets were seized from the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>The anti graft agency confirmed that investigations are ongoing, and the suspects will be charged to court upon completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 133 individuals linked to an alleged Ponzi scheme operating under the name Q University, also known as Q Net, in Abuja. The suspects were apprehended on Monday, March 24, 2025, at Compensation Layout in Gwagwalada, following credible intelligence. According to investigators, the academy lured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63277,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63275\/revisions\/63277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}