{"id":14940,"date":"2025-09-07T07:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T07:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/?p=14940"},"modified":"2025-09-07T07:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T07:56:07","slug":"efcc-routes-fugitive-ahamba-tochukwu-gavice-logistics-ceo-out-of-hiding-for-alleged-n2billion-ponzi-scheme-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/efcc-routes-fugitive-ahamba-tochukwu-gavice-logistics-ceo-out-of-hiding-for-alleged-n2billion-ponzi-scheme-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC routes fugitive AHAMBA TOCHUKWU, Gavice Logistics CEO out of hiding for Alleged N2billion Ponzi Scheme Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14941\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EFCC-one-Fraud-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EFCC-one-Fraud-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EFCC-one-Fraud-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EFCC-one-Fraud-1024x1007.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EFCC-one-Fraud-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EFCC-one-Fraud-1536x1511.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EFCC-one-Fraud-2048x2014.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EFCC-one-Fraud-860x846.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>*Seizes Nigerian passport, mobile phones, freeze bank accounts, after 11 months on the run from justice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>*Sings like the Canary bird on grilling, promise to cooperate with investigators<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>*Raked in funds from 400 investors who could no longer access capital and Return-On-Investment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">*\u201cTochukwu, through Gavice Logistics Limited, rolled out elaborate investment plans spanning haulage, courier and e-commerce services and dangled fifty percent Returns on Investment, ROI, to his investors. Since November 2024, he disappeared into thin air with his investors\u2019 funds. Members of the public are enjoined to desist from patronising unverified pyramid schemes and fraudulent investment promoters to avoid being defrauded\u201d<\/span>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>EFCC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>*BY FINBAR AMAECHI\/Anti-Fraud Correspondent, Abuja, NAIJA STANDARD NEWSPAPER Inc USA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Nigeria\u2019s apex anti-fraud agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have \u2018smoked out\u2019 Ahamba Tochukwu, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Gavice Logistics Limited having gone underground to avert the eagle eyes of law enforcement after 11 months on the run from justice. He was found to have allegedly defrauded 400 investors to the tune of over N2billion (two billion naira) via earlier promised \u2018Return-On-Investment\u2019, ROI. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>After Tochukwu was caught from hideouts, he was promptly handcuffed, his Nigerian international passport, mobile phones seized, as his bank accounts were frozen immediately.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>NAIJA STANDARD<\/em><\/strong><\/span><strong> gathered that since his arrest, the suspect has been singing like the Canary bird on grilling, promising to cooperate with investigators and explain \u2018where the dead bodies are buried\u2019 figuratively speaking financially. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>EFF investigation confirmed that \u201cTochukwu, through Gavice Logistics Limited, rolled out elaborate investment plans spanning haulage, courier and e-commerce services and dangled fifty percent Returns on Investment, ROI, to his investors.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cInvestigations showed that he raked in more than N2billion from 400 investors who could no longer access their capital and ROI owing to the fact that Tochukwu, since November 2024, disappeared into thin air with his investors\u2019 funds. He was, however, caught by EFCC\u2019s gallant<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000080;\">operatives who are busy grilling him on his alleged fraudulent Ponzi scheme.\u201d <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>With his arrest, members of the public are enjoined to desist from patronising unverified pyramid schemes and fraudulent investment promoters to avoid being defrauded.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>DONATE TO HELP BUILD A SPECIAL APPS FOR JOURNALISTS AGAINST LIVER ELEVATION &amp; KIDNEY FAILURE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>CERTAINLY, Good journalism costs a lot of money. Without doubt, only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government. We are ready to hold every corrupt government accountable to the citizens. 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