{"id":58107,"date":"2024-12-16T16:51:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58107"},"modified":"2024-12-16T16:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:51:45","slug":"efcc-bursts-largest-cybercrime-syndicate-in-lagos-arrests-792","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/16\/efcc-bursts-largest-cybercrime-syndicate-in-lagos-arrests-792\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Bursts Largest Cybercrime Syndicate in Lagos, Arrests 792"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Our Correspondent<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a major breakthrough, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has dismantled what it describes as the largest cybercrime syndicate in Lagos, arresting 792 suspects of Nigerian, Chinese, Arab, and Filipino descent.<br \/>\nWilson Uwujaren, the EFCC\u2019s Director of Public Affairs, announced the arrests during a press briefing on Monday.<br \/>\nHe revealed that the syndicate was taken down in a meticulously planned \u201csurprise operation\u201d following months of covert surveillance.<br \/>\nThe raid, carried out at No. 7 Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, uncovered evidence linking the suspects to cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams targeting unsuspecting victims globally.<br \/>\nThis operation marks one of the EFCC\u2019s most significant successes in its fight against cybercrime.<br \/>\nFurther investigations are ongoing, and details about the syndicate\u2019s operations are expected to emerge soon.<br \/>\nThe EFCC reiterated its commitment to curbing cybercrime and urged the public to remain vigilant against online scams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent In a major breakthrough, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has dismantled what it describes as the largest cybercrime syndicate in Lagos, arresting 792 suspects of Nigerian, Chinese, Arab, and Filipino descent. Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC\u2019s Director of Public Affairs, announced the arrests during a press briefing on Monday. He revealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[223,59],"class_list":["post-58107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-efcc","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58109,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58107\/revisions\/58109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}