Tuesday, 17 April 2012

288 Nigerians Jailed for Internet Fraud – EFCC (Starmagazineonline.com)

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, said yesterday that the commission has convicted more than 288 persons over internet crimes, extradited four fugitives to the United States while 234 cases are still being prosecuted in courts across the country.
According to a statement yesterday by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, Lamorde gave the statistics during the opening ceremony of a three-day conference at the EFCC Academy in Karu, Abuja.
The conference has the theme: “Regional Cooperation Against Internet-based Transnational Fraud” and was organized by the commission in collaboration with the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
The statement quoted Lamorde as saying that, “counterfeit financial instruments seized by the commission in collaboration with the Nigeria Postal Service, stood at $24.213 million, £858,937 million and €1.195 billion.”
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, while declaring the conference open, said that Nigeria is leading the fight against cybercrime and other economic and financial crimes in West Africa and across the world........... (stay updated @beautystarmagazineonline)

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