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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested members of three syndicates including a man who claimed to have been teaching the wife of Vice-President Namadi Sambo since 2004, Moh'd Alameen.
Alameen was arrested on Saturday morning in Tundun Wada area of Kaduna.
The syndicates allegedly specialise in duping unsuspecting members of the public large sums of money claiming to be EFCC's officials.
Already, four ex-governors, some members of the House of Representatives and a Senator had fallen victims to the syndicates with one of them allegedly losing N3bn to the suspects.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday where two of the suspects, Alameen and Benue State-born 22-year-old Fidelis Iorongo, were paraded, the Head of Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said there was the need to alert the public to the activities of dubious characters and prevent them from falling victims.
He also urged those who had been swindled by the conmen to report their cases to the anti-graft agency