EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday said the suspects were responsible for frauds committed against small and medium scale enterprises across the world.
Uwujaren said the raid that led to the arrest of
the suspects were carried out in June by 750 officers from Italian, Spanish,
Polish, English, Belgian, Georgian, Turkish and Cameroonian police.
He said the group, devoted to laundering
activities involving large amounts of money obtained by means of
state-of-the-art phishing techniques uses a particular attack called in hacking
jargon, “man-in-the-middle”.
“The operation is carried out by illegally,
accessing e-mail boxes of Italian and foreign companies through hacking and
social engineering techniques that enabled the criminals to meddle in trade
relations.
“The final result of the raid is remarkable with
62 individuals arrested, 82 house searches executed with 40,000 Euros, 30 smart
phones, 10 tablets and 15 personal computers seized,” he said.
The spokesman said the EFCC was able to track
down three fugitives in their homes in Lagos following information gathered
from the Postal and Communications Police in Italy during the raid.
He said that computers, mobile phones, SIM cards,
several storage media as well as bank documents linked to suspected criminal
activities were recovered from the suspects during the raid in Lagos.
According to him, the EFCC has started an
independent investigation that will allow it to confirm the connection with the
dismantled group through the Italian investigation.
Uwujaren said the investigation would also help
to identify new criminal links with South Africa, Ghana, Gambia, China, UAE,
Kenya and Spain.
culled from Vanguard
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