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Police Nab 4 Suspected ‘Yahoo’ Boys, 6 Cybercrime School Trainees In Lagos

by Leadership News
3 months ago
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Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended four suspected over internet fraudsters, popularly called ‘Yahoo Boys’, and six other trainees of a cyberfraud academy in the Iju-Ishaga area of the state.

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Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed the arrests to newsmen on Wednesday.

He said, “During the successful operations, the police detectives apprehended four ‘Yahoo’ experts, of ages 22, 23, 25, and 26, who were running the notorious school.

“The other six suspects, who are between the ages of 12 and 26, are their criminal trainees, all of whom were undergoing training in cybercrime and fraud.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the principal suspects of the facility recruited their trainees from Anambra, engaged them to commit internet fraud and other related crimes.

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“The proceeds from their fraudulent activities were being confiscated by the principal suspects.

“All suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, for further discreet investigation and prosecution,” CSP Hundeyin said.

He added that efforts were ongoing to apprehend the sponsors who financed the trainees’ enrolment in the school, as well as the owner of the facility where these criminal and illegal activities took place.

“The owner of the facility is hereby warned, in his interest to turn himself in immediately at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, from wherever he is hiding,” the police spokesman declared.


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