Operatives of the C4i Intelligence Unit of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two suspected online scammers for defrauding a Canada-based Nigerian, Sandra Austin of N150 million. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday said the scammers,
Cyber Security
The official website of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has been compromised by hackers. This was disclosed by the Bureau in a post on its X (formerly Twitter) handle on Wednesday night. It, however, said efforts were ongoing to recover the website, warning Nigerians to disregard any message or
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, sitting in Jabi on Wednesday convicted and sentenced one Internet fraudster, Praise Humphrey Igbo, alias Jessica Allen, to one year imprisonment for $115,000 fraud. Justice H.L Abba-Aliyu, sentenced him after finding him guilty of the offence. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had
Social media giant Meta announced Monday a worldwide anti-scam awareness campaign aimed at protecting users from fraudulent schemes during the holiday shopping season. The company, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, revealed it has taken down over two million accounts linked to scam centres in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, the UAE,
A New York technology entrepreneur was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty last year to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, with the help of his wife. Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, hacked into Bitfinex’s network in 2016, using advanced hacking
Goods worth millions of naira were lost as a fire ravaged a market in the Ajah area of Lagos, according to a statement from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Monday. Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, confirmed that the fire broke out late Sunday night at Ajah