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General News of Thursday, July 18, 2019
Source: mynewsgh.com
2019-07-18
The scam was done in three years
According to the head of the police cybercrime unit of Ghana, Dr. Herbert Yankson, head of the cybercrime unit of the Ghana Police Service, the cyber-fraudsters, known in the sakawa language, have cheated 210 million dollars in three years.
He revealed that the figure that reveals a record of what was reported to the central administration of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) from 2016 laments the annual increase.
According to him, $ 35 million was lost in 2016, $ 69 million in 2017 and $ 105 million in 2018, revealing an annual increase to the exclusion of what could have been reported to others agencies.
"Do not forget that these may not be the real numbers, but only at the CID headquarters and that we are trying to establish some of these units in all the regional capitals, but we do not have them. have not been able to do it. At present, we only have one in Kumasi. it's even at the infant stage, "he said on Starr Fm, based in Accra.
The police chief is of the opinion that something must be done to save the situation because its repercussions could harm Ghana's economy.
"This is very disturbing and that is why we must unite and realize that this is something that will weaken the economy, so we have to wake up." He advised.
The chief of police for research and planning, COP Nathan Kofi Boakye, recently observed that the capacity of illiterate cyber-fraudsters to thwart academics, including professors, and to trick them into millions of cedis. goes beyond the framework of education.
He revealed that the issue was about intelligence and not about academics or technologies calling on Ghanaians to be wary of the kind of schemes they are interested in.
"Do not forget that our Sakawa boys who are uneducated make duped teachers … they make dupes they are supposed to know better. This shows that the fight against crime is not just about academics. The fight against crime is not just about technology, but about intelligence, "he said in a speech to the Association of Women Accountants of Ghana (AWAG) in Tamale. , covered by MyNewsGh.com.
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