The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has announced the arrest of 28 suspected internet fraudsters popularly called ‘Yahoo boys’ in one of its raids in Enugu.
A statement on the Commission’s Facebook page revealed that its latest operation was triggered by intelligence regarding the activities of the suspects who were placed under close surveillance for weeks.
The statememt revealed that the commission raided two residential buildings at Maryland, Enugu where the 28 suspected fraudsters were arrested.
“The arrests followed some intelligence obtained by the Commission regarding activities of some people living ostentatiously without any known means of livelihood”, the statement noted.
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The commission noted that In the course of executing a search at the residences of the suspects, many of them, including a female suspect, attempted destroying some phones found on them.
“The female suspect was caught flushing a broken iPhone down the toilet. The phone was, however, recovered” it said.
Some items recovered during the raid include: four (4) apple macbook, two (2) Iphone Xmax and HP laptop computers.
Other items include: Two (2) Toyota Camry, four (4) Toyota Corolla and one (1) Mercedez Benz GL450 car.
EFCC said all 28 suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.
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