The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Lagos Zonal Directorate yesterday apprehended 38 individuals allegedly involved in internet fraud at a hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos.
The crackdown results from detailed intelligence and surveillance targeting cybercriminal activities in the area.
The law enforcement team, acting on credible tips, carried out a sweep at Mambillah Hotel located on Omodisu Street, uncovering a group deeply engaged in online scams.
Authorities seized an assortment of items from the detainees, including several vehicles, numerous mobile devices, and a cache of psychoactive and regulated substances.
The suspects are expected to undergo further interrogation before being formally charged in court.
In a related courtroom development, two brothers named Teddy Ovbokhan Hart and Rooney Odion Hart, together with ten accomplices, were convicted and sentenced by Justice M. Itsueli at the Edo State High Court in Benin City. Their prosecution was led by the Benin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, facing charges such as advance fee fraud and possession of forged documents.
These convictions show the commission’s relentlessness to dismantling fraudulent networks and prosecuting offenders involved in financial scams that plague the region and to some extent affect the nation at large.
