02
Mar
Police have arrested 12 suspects and are pursuing over 25 others for their involvement in cyber-related crimes following a sustained cyber-intelligence operation. The suspects are accused of impersonating and or hacking into the social media accounts of prominent persons including ministers of state, members of parliament, heads of government institutions and corporate entities. Their modus operandi, according to the Police, is to defraud unsuspecting victims of various sums of money by promising them jobs, scholarships, publication of fake promotional advertisements and sale of products among others. In a Police statement announcing the arrests, they said as part of the operation,…