{"id":9047,"date":"2019-04-25T17:03:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=9047"},"modified":"2019-04-25T17:03:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:03:03","slug":"efcc-arrests-32-suspected-internet-fraudsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/efcc-arrests-32-suspected-internet-fraudsters","title":{"rendered":"EFCC arrests 32 suspected internet fraudsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 32 people suspected to be internet fraudsters, popularly known as \u2018Yahoo-Yahoo Boys.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The suspects were arrested by operatives of Ibadan zonal office of the anti-graft agency on Thursday in Ogun State.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the Ibadan zonal office of the commission, which was made available to journalists in Ibadan, the suspects were aged between 15 and 39 years.<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC explained that the suspects were arrested at Liberty Estate, Laderin area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, during an early-morning sting operation carried out by men of the commission.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the sting operation, the commission said, took the suspects by surprise when the EFCC operatives storm one of their purported notorious havens in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFourteen of them claimed to be undergraduates, while 18 others said they were self-employed in various vocations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrest was a sequel to a petition detailing their alleged fraudulent activities, including internet fraud through which they obtain money from unsuspecting victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cItems recovered from them include six exotic cars, laptops, mobile phones, several documents containing false pretences and fetish objects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commission\u2019s spokesperson, Tony Orilade, said \u201cthe suspects are already helping the operatives with useful information. 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