The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, on Monday, disclosed that the commission has arrested a suspected female cyber fraudster who was recently declared wanted by the Federal Bureau of investigation, FBI, in Benin City, Edo State.
He stated that the identity of the lady was withheld for now because investigations were still ongoing.
Mr Magu revealed that the arrested suspect “is involved in obtaining/stealing People’s identification information which she forward to her American collaborator. Her collaborator uses it to file for fraudulent tax return with the Internal Revenue Service. She received as her cut, 185 Bitcoin which by current market value is N656,371,490.”
“Over 30 exotic cars were confiscated from the suspects. Other items recovered from them are laptops computers, mobile phones flash, drive, internet modem and charms”, he said. “Their modus operandi was searching for victims email addresses especially Official Business Email addresses, create a phishing link and compromising the process in order to defraud unsuspecting victims.”Using graphic illustrations, the Acting Chairman educated journalists on how funds move from “hackers, farmers, and the pickers.”
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