EFCC Arrests Satellite Broadcast Scammer In Kano.

The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Friday August 23, 2013
arrested one Tope Ajayi over his alleged
involvement in digital satellite broadcast scam.
Ajayi was picked up by operatives of EFCC from
his apartment located at 26 Link Bawo Road in
Hausawa area of Kano following intelligence
report.
Over 100 decoders and other computer gadgets
were recovered from his server room by
operatives of the Commission during a search
on his apartment.
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, ISP,
somewhere in Europe or the United State of
America.
The suspect is 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.
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 .
It was also revealed that the suspect had been
extracting control words from multichoice cards
in Nigeria and sending same to a server in
China which is connected to an ISP server
placed somewhere in Europe or America.
Jonker, who expressed his gratitude to the
EFCC for the arrest, described the scam as one
of the biggest in recent time.
Ajayi will be arraigned in court when
investigation is concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
27th August, 2013