The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested three Nigerians said to be involved in international global scamming activities.
The EFCC said in a statement on Tuesday that it made the arrests under the ‘Operation Killer Bee’ spearheaded by the International Police (Interpol).
The suspects whose names were not revealed were arrested in Ajegunle, Lagos State and Benin City, Edo State.
The three men, aged between 31 and 38, were each arrested in possession of fake documents, including fraudulent invoices and forged official letters.
The EFCC in its statement about the development explained that the INTERPOL-led operation targeting malware cyber fraud across Southeast Asia led to the arrest in Nigeria of three suspected global scammers.
“The Nigerian sting operation comes as part of a global operation codenamed “Killer Bee” involving INTERPOL National Central Bureaus (NCBs) and law enforcement in 11 countries across Southeast Asia.
“The arrests follows the publication of an INTERPOL Cyber Report linking a suspected syndicate of Nigerian fraudsters operating from the West Coast of Africa to the use of a malicious Remote Access Trojan (RAT) known as Agent Tesla.
“The men are thought to have used the RAT to reroute financial transactions, stealing confidential online connection details from corporate organizations, including oil and gas companies in South East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa,” the EFCC statement read.
