Police operatives in Lagos have dismantled an internet fraud training facility, commonly referred to as “Yahoo School” in the Iju area of the state.
The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos.
He said the operatives apprehended four Yahoo experts and six trainees in the operation.
Hundeyin said: “During the successful operations, the police detectives apprehended four yahoo experts, of ages 22, 23, 25, and 26, who were running the notorious school.
“The other six suspects, who are between the ages of 12 and 26, are their criminal trainees, all of whom were undergoing training in cybercrime and fraud.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the principal suspects of the facility recruited their trainees from Anambra, engaged them to commit internet fraud and other related crimes.
“The proceeds from their fraudulent activities were being confiscated by the principal suspects.
“All suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, for further discreet investigation and prosecution.
“Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the sponsors who financed the trainees’ enrolment in the school, as well as the owner of the facility where these criminal and illegal activities took place.
“The owner of the facility is hereby warned, in his interest to turn himself in immediately at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, from wherever he is hiding.”
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