{"id":61794,"date":"2025-02-25T07:51:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T07:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=61794"},"modified":"2025-02-25T07:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T07:51:03","slug":"efcc-arrests-59-suspected-internet-fraudsters-in-abuja-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/25\/efcc-arrests-59-suspected-internet-fraudsters-in-abuja-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC Arrests 59 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Abuja Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested 59 suspected internet fraudsters in a major crackdown along Abacha Road, Mararaba axis of Nasarawa State, near Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The operation, based on credible intelligence, uncovered a large-scale cybercrime network, with 73 phones seized from the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>This raid is part of the EFCC\u2019s intensified nationwide campaign against internet fraud, following a series of high-profile arrests in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The commission confirmed that the suspects will face prosecution under Nigeria\u2019s cybercrime laws, reaffirming its commitment to curbing online fraud and bringing offenders to justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested 59 suspected internet fraudsters in a major crackdown along Abacha Road, Mararaba axis of Nasarawa State, near Abuja. The operation, based on credible intelligence, uncovered a large-scale cybercrime network, with 73 phones seized from the suspects. This raid is part of the EFCC\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":61795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-61794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61794","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61796,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61794\/revisions\/61796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}