NIGERIA LOST N6.2 BLN TO CYBERCRIMES IN 2014, EFCC REVELED
About N6.2 billion was lost to cybercrimes in Nigeria in 2014, according to an official.
Mr Ibrahim Shazali, an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bank Fraud Section, disclosed this in Ilorin on Tuesday at the ongoing Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) workshop for financial journalists.
He said the figure was grossly higher than the N485 million that was lost through the same channels in 2013.
Shazali identified Point of Sales (PoS), ATMs and mobile...
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