THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate has arraigned 14 Filipinos and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd, before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos for alleged cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.
The defendants, including Marj Maranga, Zara Fabian, Jonalyn Mendoza, Dominique Medina, Rachelle Cabalona, Krystel Aquilesca, Caselyn Pionela, Raizza Camara, Danica Silad, Reyna Mae Eriba, Chynna Samonte, Mary Grace Dela Cruz, Sevien Cire Renovilla, and Rose-Ann Gonzales, were charged with various offences including cybercrimes, cyber-terrorism, impersonation, possession of documents containing false pretence and identity theft.
The charge against Dela Cruz reads:
“That you, Mary Grace Dela Cruz and Genting International Co. Ltd sometime in December 2024, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, willfully caused to be accessed, computer systems organized to seriously destabilize and destroy the fundamental economic and social structure of Nigeria when you procured/employed Nigerian youths for identity theft and to hold themselves out as persons of foreign nationality, with the intent to gain a financial advantage for yourselves and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 18 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act, 2015 (As amended 2024) and Section 2(3)(d) of the Terrorism (Prevention, Prohibition) Act, 2022.”
