EFCC arrests 48 internet fraudsters in Kaduna
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has tracked and arrested 48 suspected internet fraudsters in their hideouts in Kaduna State. The commission’s Zonal Head, Mailafia Yakubu, said one of the suspects arrested was linked to the Federal Bureau for Investigation (FBI) list. He added that the suspects were arrested through intelligence operations launched on […]
Internet fraudster Forgive Ochuko (aka Greg Robert), after his sentence to one- year imprisonment by Justice N.E. Maha of Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday for defrauding an American, Kaye Wilkins. The judge based on a plea bargain however gave the convict a N300,000 fine option to be paid to the victim, Kaye Wilkins through the EFCC to the US Embassy
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has tracked and arrested 48 suspected internet fraudsters in their hideouts in Kaduna State.
The commission’s Zonal Head, Mailafia Yakubu, said one of the suspects arrested was linked to the Federal Bureau for Investigation (FBI) list.
He added that the suspects were arrested through intelligence operations launched on various computer related frauds in the state.
Yakubu said so far, the collaboration between the commission and the FBI has led to recovery of the sum of 314,000 US dollars and about N373 million from computer related fraud.
He said the zone has secured the conviction of 23 fraudsters while others were in various stages of investigation and prosecution. He also said the zonal office, from January to date, received 345 petitions with 286 considered for investigation, 52 forwarded to the legal and prosecution department while 56 cases are in court.