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The Kano zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , has recovered over N798.5 million from various suspects on alleged related financial offences between January and August in the State.
Ezima, added that the Commission recovered over $690, 400 from three intending passengers by the Commissions’ operatives, attached to the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in their attempt to launder the hard currency abroad. "However, there are certain areas of concern and worry to us, not only as a Commission but also as a Zone, and that is the issue of Cybercrime. We are all aware of the challenges cybercrime has posed to the Commission, as well as the bad name and attitude of misconduct of a few individuals that they have created for us as a country.
"This of course, goes to show that we are sending a message of warning, of course, the world is a global village. So, the law enforcement agents have no borders; with a lot of collaborations, between the Commission and other law enforcement agents, and as a result of such collaborations, a lot of arrest has been made.
"We also advice members of the public to avoid giving information of their bank account details because a lot of them receive unsolicited calls, E-mails, asking of banking information, as no banks in the country will call its customers, asking them of their bank information. He advised members of the public, not to allow themselves to be duped or swindled by these scammers, who use various names, like Galaxy, Arewa and all sorts of names to lure their victims in the quest to get rich quick syndrome, which sometimes lead to the ruining and breaking up of so many families and homes.
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