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The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) has traced more than ₦3.6 billion in suspected criminal proceeds converted into cryptocurrency and arrested seven suspects in six separate cybercrime investigations.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the NPF-NCCC, AIG Akaninyene Ezima, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja, saying the investigations covered business email compromise, investment fraud, identity theft, sextortion, romance scams, impersonation and property fraud.
In one major case, investigators arrested Kelechi Sistus Ihekaire, proprietor of Kestart Technology, over an alleged international investment fraud and money-laundering scheme.
Police said approximately ₦3.62 billion in suspected proceeds was converted into Tether (USDT) through peer-to-peer cryptocurrency transactions on Bybit.
The Centre also said Operation Broken Mask uncovered more than 12.5 million victim email records linked to over 50 countries, following collaboration with German and Canadian law-enforcement authorities.
Investigations are ongoing, with efforts to recover suspected criminal assets and prosecute suspects against whom prima facie cases have been established.
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