A Nigerian behind an online fraud network which engineered scams worth more than $60 million (54 million euros) has been arrested in southern oil city of Port Harcourt, Interpol said on Monday.

“The 40-year-old Nigerian national, known as ‘Mike’, is believed to be behind scams totalling more than $60 million involving hundreds of victims worldwide,” the international police organisation said in a statement.

“In one case, a target was conned into paying out $15.4 million,” Interpol said, indicating that the arrest was carried out with the support of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

“The network compromised email accounts of small to medium businesses around the world including in Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Romania, South Africa, Thailand and the United States,” it said.

The suspect ran a network of at least 40 people working from Nigeria, Malaysia and South Africa which used malware and carried out the fraud, and he also had money laundering contacts in China, Europe and the US who provided bank account details for the illicit cash flow.

“Following his arrest in Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria, a forensic examination of devices seized by the EFCC showed he had been involved in a range of criminal activities including business e-mail compromise and romance scams,” it said.

The suspect and a fellow fraudster, 38, who was also arrested in the city, face charges including hacking, conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences.

http://punchng.com/nigerian-behind-60m-online-fraud-network-arrested-interpol/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

A good development.

Give us his real name...he must be Afonja brown roof because it's them that answer ENGLISH NAME when it to comes fraud. The other day there was one that claimed to be Frederick Westhuff...lol, I kept looking at his distinctive yoruba face, even with tribal marks.Lol

look @ 1 Xad beXt ⇧ nagging If the name is revealed now He will be sad , displeased and disappointed because it will be another Ugandan & Indonesian

Uduak2019:
Give us his real name...he must be Afonja brown roof because it's them that answer ENGLISH NAME when to comes fraud. The other day there was one that claimed to be Frederick Westhuff...lol, I kept looking at his distinctive yoruba face, even with tribal marks.Lol

This hardworking Igbo above is already in distress.

He knows what we all know. His wailing above is what is called preemptive strike.

Another hardworking tribesman has been reported to the police by his lazy envious neighbours.

At least, he got to develop Port Harcourt before he was nabbed.

Apart from militancy, laziness, internet fraud, ogogoro sipping, murder, cultism and oloshoism?


Is there any other reasonable thing that most of these rivers youths are good at?

funlord:



Apart from militancy, laziness, internet fraud, ogogoro sipping, murder, cultism and oloshoism?


Is there any other reasonable thing that most of these rivers youths are good at?

They are still better than Lazy Agberos littered all over Yoruba land waiting for money from Rivers oil.
Mike is Yoruba

sCun:
They are still better than Lazy Agberos littered all over Yoruba land waiting for money from Rivers oil.
Mike is Yoruba

You may not like yorubas but that is your own business as well as your right!



But can you please prove to me and other readers here that he is actually yoruba? Or are you just pained that someone from your region/tribe is embarrassing you all once again?



Thank you.

Uduak2019:
Give us his real name...he must be Afonja brown roof because it's them that answer ENGLISH NAME when it to comes fraud. The other day there was one that claimed to be Frederick Westhuff...lol, I kept looking at his distinctive yoruba face, even with tribal marks.Lol

Stop giving ethnic coloration to fraud.

Fraud/criminality should be condemned in its entirety cos it's not synonymous with any particular tribe.

F

Tribal warriors aka name checkers, come let me show you the native name...

If una like mek u hide d name we alreay knw wia him come from

Bolustic:

Any Nigerian Christian, except for many Northerners can bear Mike.


Our Oyel money agitators.

But wait o


Remember Ugandans and Indonesians? They may not be too far from it.

That's my own analysis

Because he's mike by name and arrested in ph makes doesn't guarantee he is a member of a particular tribe.

Even NCA Ph branch got nothing on the dude or is there a faction with speciality in spiritual search that can unravel this

NAME checkers ASSOCIATION. wia una dey

https://www.nairaland.com/3262432/ph-man-arrested-interpol-accused

Why did the OP post this in the 'politics' section?

And why are the mods asleep at the wheel?

virus05:
NAME checkers ASSOCIATION. wia una dey

Dis one Na general market e pass Dem reach

Men see money