EFCC nabs 14 youths for establishing ‘Yahoo Academy’, training people on internet fraud

Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters in a training centre for potential internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State.

The operatives, acting on intelligence, arrested the suspects in a three-bedroom apartment allegedly serving as a training centre for internet fraud trainees along Achusa Road, Makurdi.

The suspects include Asongu Terungwa, Aese Sonter, Nyoosu Terungwa, John Kator, Udi Micheal Aodona, Terungu Mnyam, Iorwuese Terhide, Ule Francis, Imoter Gloor Emmanuel and Samuel Lubem.

Others are Wergba Tertamge, Erukaa Ephraim, Agenale Franklin and Abechi Toryila.

Items recovered from them include laptops, ATM cards, phones, one Firman Generator and a Toyota Corolla car.

The suspects would be charged as soon as investigations are concluded.