A Lagos-based Fintech firm; Betacrest Limited, previously known as Kudivest Limited, has alerted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) of the fraudulent financial activities, identity theft, impersonation and cyber crimes perpetrated in the name of Kudivest by some yet-to-be-identified individuals.
Betacrest is therefore alerting the public to beware of the fraudsters while also appealing to the anti-graft agency to investigate the matter in order to unravel those behind the hideous financial crimes and bring them to book.
Betacrest Limited, which is acting through its counsel in a letter addressed to the Zonal Commander EFCC, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos office, said it does not operate any website with the domain name, “Kudivest.com,” explaining that scammers had been using the said domain name to fleece unsuspecting Nigerians of their funds while impersonating and presenting themselves as Kudivest Limited to Nigerians, who believed they were dealing directly with the Betacrest.
According to the letter addressed to the EFCC seeking the agency’s intervention to arrest and prosecute those behind the scam, the company said it got to know of the nefarious activities of the scammers late January this year when it started receiving various complaints of certain individuals using the domain name “Kudivest.com” on different social media handles to defraud people.
The stated: “With regards to the foregoing, the company has by a Special Resolution dated the 30th day of January 2023 changed its name from Kudivest Limited to Betacrest Limited and the company hereby dissociates itself from the nefarious activities of these scammers.
“Nevertheless, we call on you sir to use your esteemed office to investigate this matter in order to ensure that the perpetrators of this hideous financial crimes are brought to book in no time.
“We further unequivocally state that the company is never and will never be part of or tolerate any illicit or illegal financial activity of any kind.”
BRANDPOWER reports that the alleged fraudsters also opened bank accounts with a different company name through which monies were immediately siphoned upon payment by innocent Nigerians.
