By Funso Alarape
Wednesday February 14, 2024
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Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested fourteen undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State.
They were arrested alongside nineteen( 19) others in the early hours of Wednesday, February 14, 2024, for suspected internet crimes.
The suspects were arrested at different residential locations within the Akure metropolis following intelligence on their alleged nefarious activities.
Specifically, the sting operation that yielded their arrest was a response to strident calls to the EFCC by neighbors and parents around the locations, to save their children from being lured into internet-related activities by the suspects.
Items recovered at the point of arrest include ten exotic cars, phones, laptops, and one motorbike.
The suspects would be charged in court as soon as investigations are concluded.
Currency Racketeering
In another development, the operatives of the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, arrested two suspected money racketeers, Adigun Johnson, an Ordinary National Diploma, OND, a graduate of Public Administration and James Friday an artisan at a nightclub in Wuse Area of Abuja.
The suspects were arrested with the sum of N3,480,000.00 (Three Million Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira), in their possession and three Point of Sale POS machines which they allegedly used to carry out their activities.
Their arrest followed surveillance and intelligence by operatives of the EFCC on currency abuse and mutilation.
The suspects would be charged in court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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