INTERPOL said that during its coordinated initiative, over 6,000 malicious links were taken down and six distinct ransomware variants were decrypted.
Abiola Kayode, 37, of Nigeria, was extradited to Nebraska on a conspiracy to commit wire fraud indictment.
The FBI regarded the suspected Nigerians as “cyber’s most wanted.”
Mr Chukkol said the Lagos command had received 512 and 876 petitions relating to investment and forex scams, respectively.
A 29-year-old Nigerian, Akhabue Onoimoimilin, aka David Harrison, has been jailed in the U.S. for $2 million scams.
Mr Bawa said the FBI has been the biggest EFCC partner and the bureau had trained some of the commission’s officers in the U.S.
The highest number of complaints in 2020 was phishing scams, of which the IC3 received complaints numbering 241,342, representing 30 per cent of all complaints then.
The EFCC stumbled on hard evidences against the convict while investigating another convicted fraudster.
