FBI LIST: We’ll soon expose bigger internet fraud suspects, EFCC says

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has promised that bigger suspects will soon be exposed in the course of investigations into the Nigeria-dominated list of about 80 people recently indicted for internet-related crimes by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

The Ibadan Zonal Head of the EFCC, Friday Elebo, made the promise on Wednesday while speaking with journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, adding that the EFCC has commenced Investigation into Nigerians indicted by the FBI.

“I want to assure you that by the time we conclude our investigations, we will unravel bigger suspects because the figure currently released by the FBI is like one per cent of the cycle of persons involved in the cybercrime network.

“Just yesterday (Tuesday), we arrested a banker who was involved in converting foreign currencies to Naira at a local bank in Nigeria. He is currently helping the commission with information on our investigation,” he said.

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According to Ebelo, the anti-graft agency was in collaboration with some international agencies with similar mandates, especially the FBI, to curb internet crimes and illicit funds transfer.

Ebelo added that as a responsive organisation, the EFCC will do everything within its constitutional powers to ensure that the interests of hardworking and law-abiding Nigerians were protected.

“We will ensure that Nigerians are not denied the fruits of their labour by the recalcitrant few.

“We will work assiduously to ensure that those who engage in acts capable of tarnishing the good image of the country are prosecuted,” he said.

According to him, Nigerians are known to be creative, hardworking and intelligent, saying that these had been effectively proven by the records of many groundbreaking achievements attributed to them across the world.

“We cannot pretend to be oblivious of the nagging impact of illicit activities of a few who have chosen to be black sheep within the fold,’’ he said.

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