EFCC Arest Yahoo Girl from Edo State

 EFCC Arest Yahoo Girl from Edo State....

A suspected cyber fraudster in Edo state, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

It said the female suspect whose name has not be disclose worked in collaboration with a foreign counterpart.

Muhktar Bello, the Head of Benin Zonal Office, who spoke on behalf of the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, said the female suspect was involved in obtaining and stealing people’s identification information, which she later forwarded to her American collaborators.

He stated that the suspect received her CT through Bitcoin and about 185 Bitcoin currently worth N656 million was traced to be in company.

The EFCC Zonal head said the commission independently arrested a cybercriminal and two of her  siblings involved in Business Email Compromise.

He said: “The three suspects will be taking to court soon .

“We do not want to state the woman’s name so as not to compromise the investigation.
“The Commission is resolute in exterminating cybercrime and bringing to book all those involved in this despicable activity.

 “These raid also led to the arrest of 113 internet fraudsters.
“While the prosecution of many of the cases is ongoing in court, we have so far secured 53 convictions in the period under review.”

“Over 30 exotic cars, charms, laptops, mobile phones, flash drives”, according to our correspondents’ , were recovered from the suspects.