288 jailed for internet fraud – EFCC

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, said yesterday that the commission has convicted more than 288 persons over internet crimes, extradited four fugitives to the United States while 234 cases are still being prosecuted in courts across the country.

According to a statement yesterday by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, Lamorde gave the statistics during the opening ceremony of a three-day conference at the EFCC Academy in Karu, Abuja.

Culled from DAILY TRUST

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