The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), has confirmed the arrest of a Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) impostor, Ifechukwu Makwe, for allegedly defrauding a Spaniard of €5.7m. The Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement, said Makwe defrauded the Spaniard using different identities, adding that he was arrested in the Guzape area of
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…the FBI agent said the university became a victim of spoofing, a form of cybercrime attack The agent of Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), Mr Ayotunde Solademi, on Tuesday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how one Kolawole Erinle involved in a cybercrime allegedly defrauded Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in the United States
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Nigeria has been ranked 16th in FBI’s list of countries which are worst affected by internet crimes. The State-specific statistics which can be found within the 2020 Internet Crime Report and in the accompanying 2020 State Reports, includes information from 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crime, an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019.
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Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a Nigerian national, also known as Hushpuppi, who is now in jail in California awaiting trial on charges of cyber fraud, was today linked by the FBI to North Korean hackers who are said to be the world’s largest bank robbers. A Department of Justice statement released Friday details Abbas’ involvement in
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US law enforcement agencies are screening National Guard members to make sure they do not pose a security risk during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a four-star general said in comments broadcast Sunday. Following the January 6 riots at the Capitol building in support of outgoing President Donald Trump, it emerged that some of those involved
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The U.S. government confirmed on Wednesday that a recent hacking campaign affected its networks and said the attack was “significant and ongoing.” Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments, Reuters reported earlier this week, citing people who said they feared the hacks
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The FBI has charged six men over an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. According to an FBI complaint Thursday, the alleged plot included plans to overthrow several state governments that the suspects “believe are violating the US Constitution,” including the government of Michigan and Whitmer. Whitmer has been the target of
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