The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has stated that its collaboration with Federal Bureau for Intelligence, FBI, has been a huge success as it has made 167 arrests so far, for alleged internet fraud from August till date. The commission also confirmed the recovery of the sum of $169,850 and 92 million.
At a Press briefing of EFCC/FBI joint operation tagged “Operation Rewire” in Lagos, EFCC Director of Operations, Mr. Mohammed Abba said “EFCC/FBI joint operations in Nigeria recorded tremendous successes leading to a number of arrests, seizures and recoveries. The suspected fraudsters arrested in the course of this action will be persecuted accordingly.”
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Mr. Abba furthermore said, “It is instructive to note that, from August 12, 2019 to date, the collaborative Operation Rewire coordinated by the EFCC in Nigeria as an impetus to our sustained operations on perpetrators of various computer-related frauds have resulted in the arrest of 167 Nigerians for alleged computer-related frauds.”
In addition to that, the EFCC Director of Operations was quoted saying “We have also recovered from the arrested fraudsters the sum of $169,850 as well as the sum of N92 million”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been working closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, to arrest Internet fraudsters in the past few months.