NPF cybercrime centre partners with Hungarian Police, nab cyber criminal

Babajide Williams

The Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) through the National Central Bureau (NCB) of the Force received a message from the Hungary Police on the 15th of July 2022.

The intelligence enumerated the activities of a suspected fraudulent platform called “AMC Stock Experts” and how the platform had succeeded in defrauding unsuspecting members of the global Cyber Community to the tune of thousands of dollars.

According to a statement from the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, upon the receipt of the intelligence, Seasoned Cybercrime Forensic and Intelligence Assets under the supervision of DCP Uche Ifeanyi Henry, the Director NCCC, were deployed on the case.

He said: “The painstaking effort of the team led to the arrest of one George Gift Ikata, a 21-year-old male indigene of Abua Local Government Area in Rivers State. The suspect who resides in Iwofe Rivers State voluntarily elected in a written statement to have created the said platform for fraudulent purposes.”

While effort has been intensified to apprehend other members and affiliates of the criminal venture, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba urges the cyber community and internet users to be weary of phantom and unverified investment platforms and schemes.

Baba asked members of the public that in the eventuality of fraud, they should take advantage of the e-reporting portal of the Police; https://incb.npf.gov.ng to register their complaints for immediate intervention.