{"id":147276,"date":"2025-07-22T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=147276"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:44:02","slug":"17-suspects-in-efcc-net-laptops-others-over-internet-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=147276","title":{"rendered":"Internet Fraud: 17 Suspects in EFCC Net, Laptops, Phones, Vehicles Recovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet Fraud: 17 Suspects in EFCC Net, Laptops, Phones, Vehicles Recovered<\/p>\n<p>Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in the Mararaba area of Nasarawa State.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were apprehended on Tuesday, July 17, 2025, following credible intelligence linking them to various cybercrime activities, including online scams and identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>During the raid, EFCC operatives recovered several items believed to have been used in the perpetration of the alleged crimes. These include five vehicles, 20 mobile phones, and four laptops.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by the Commission, the suspects are currently undergoing interrogation and will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC reiterated its commitment to tackling cybercrime and warned individuals engaging in internet fraud to desist or face the full weight of the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet Fraud: 17 Suspects in EFCC Net, Laptops, Phones, Vehicles Recovered Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in the Mararaba area of Nasarawa State. The suspects were apprehended on Tuesday, July 17, 2025, following credible intelligence linking them to various cybercrime [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":147215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1,424,20],"tags":[132,1545,1721],"class_list":{"0":"post-147276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-others","9":"category-security","10":"category-the-nation","11":"tag-efcc","12":"tag-internet-fraudsters","13":"tag-nasarawa-state"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Internet Fraud: 17 Suspects in EFCC Net, Laptops, Phones, Vehicles Recovered - The Public Pulse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 17 suspected\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=147276\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Internet Fraud: 17 Suspects in EFCC Net, Laptops, Phones, Vehicles Recovered - The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 17 suspected\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/?p=147276\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Public Pulse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-22T14:44:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thepublicpulse.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/n.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Njoku G. 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