The Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) on Wednesday busted a syndicate involved in training potential cyber crime fraudsters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, ACP, the Force Public Relations Officer, in a statement issued disosed that at least six suspects were arrested during the operation.
He added that the operation followed several intelligence reports that indicated a deep involvement of the syndicate in various cybercrimes, including business email compromise, romance scams, and high-yield investment programme fraud in the territory.
Consequently, a team of cybercrime forensic experts and investigators were deployed to the area, resulting in the arrest of the suspects at their hideout in the Dantata Estate area of the capital city.
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Some digital gadgets suspected to be used in perpetrating their criminal activities were recovered by the security operatives.
The statement revealed that “the suspects, namely Bernard Joseph, 27, Emmanuel Joseph, 22, Obasi Ikechukwu, 19, Anijiofor Tobechuckwu, 26, Andrew Moses, 19, and Israel Ezekiel, 19, summarily confessed to their various degrees of involvement in cybercrimes, including identity theft, hacking and trading of hacked Facebook accounts, romance scams, and computer-related forgery.
“A pertinent investigation is ongoing, and efforts to apprehend the fleeing members of this criminal network are underway. Meanwhile, the arrested suspects will be charged in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.”
