The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of one Tope Ajayi for his alleged involvement in digital satellite broadcast scam.
The commission said Ajayi was picked up last Friday by the operatives of the EFCC from his apartment at 26 Link Bawo Road in Hausawa area of Kano following intelligence report.
A statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the commission, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said over 100 decoders and other computer gadgets were recovered from his server room by operatives of the commission during a search on his apartment.
The statement said: “Ajayi who claimed to have worked with Skye Bank Plc is said to be a major digital satellite broadcast scammer.
“He is alleged to have a server that links up with a server in China and an unknown Internet Service Provider, somewhere in Europe or the United State of America.”
The EFCC said the suspect was also alleged to be “engaged in illegal importation, selling and distribution of pirate devices popularly known as Dungle which enables subscribers to have free access to Multichoice satellite signals across West and Central Africa.”
The statement added: “According to Mr. Frikkie Jonker, Senior Anti-Piracy Manager, Multichoice, Ajayi’s server is considered strong as it controls its counterpart server in China and distributes satellite signals to a host of West African and Central African countries including Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya Uganda and Benin Republic .”
source: nigerianeye
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