Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Cyber Fraud, Threat to E-commerce in Nigeria - Magu

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has said that cyber criminals make the country's cyberspace unconducive for e-commerce activities. Magu made the disclosure on Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at a media briefing in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, on the Commission's collaborative efforts with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, to fight Internet-based fraud. The EFCC boss, who was represented by the Uyo Deputy Zonal Head, Alex Ebbah, announced that the Office has made the zone "too hot" for cyber criminals and had recorded 60 arrests and 37 convi…