Science and technology minister Felix Mutati announced on his Facebook page that 20 alleged scammers aged between 15 and 27 from Nchelenge, who have been duping unsuspecting citizens out of their money through digital platforms and mobile wallets have been apprehended.
Mutati disclosed that the suspects were discovered through the National Cyber Security Task Force comprising ZICTA and the police.
He said the 20 young men were apprehended in connection with the sending of unauthorized electronic messages to members of the public. The messages comprised offers of social cash transfer funds, magic money, mobile money cash reversals and employment opportunities in the civil service.
“Investigations with technical support from ZICTA using a geo locator (live tracking van) indicated that senders of the unsolicited messages were based in Nchelenge, Luapula Province where the twenty suspects were apprehended from in an operation.”
“Sometime last month, we did put it on record that the days of fraudsters and scammers in this country are number as the law will soon catch up with them. And at the time of unveiling the new ZICTA board a few days ago, my expectations from them was simply to see a ZICTA, that builds a war against cyber crimes, a war that will lead not only to issuance of many statements on cyber crimes but to arrests of all criminal elements behind these scams,” Mutati added.
The suspects are currently detained in police custody after they were transferred to Mansa, Luapula Division Headquarters where they have been charged with several counts of unsolicited electronic messages contrary to section 62 of the cyber security and cyber crimes act No.2 of 2021.
and Fifteen (15) cellphones with unsolicited messages sent to members of the public have since been recovered and subjected to forensic examination.
“What is sad is that among the arrested are boys aged 15 and 17years, a clear sign that these fraudsters are recruiting children and we should all rise and fight this growing scourge,” the Minister disclosed.
Meanwhile, some affected residents expressed their pleasure at the sight of seeing the young perpetrators cuffed and driven away by the police as they chanted “they have been taken away! the Tokota ( a name given to the gang) have gone! in one of the video shared by the minister.
“I wish to call upon members of the public to make effective use of the ZICTA short code *707# whenever they receive unsolicited messages so that more arrests are made,” Mutati said.
All male suspects currently in custody in connection with the charges above are as follows;
1. Albert Bwalya aged 23 of Kashkishi area Nchelenge
2. Mpundu John aged 19 of Kamwangila village, Nchelenge.
3. Male Juvenile aged 15 of Chandwe village, Nchelenge.
4. Male Juvenile aged 15 of Kashkishi area, Nchelenge.
5. Male Juvenile aged 17 of Shijoni village, Nchelenge.
6. Chibwe Mathews aged 27 of Chandwe village, Nchelenge.
7. Jabo Martin of Elyabo village, Nchelenge
8. Male Juvenile aged 17 of J kamwangila village, Nchelenge
9. Male Juvenile aged 17 of Mutono village, Nchelenge
10. Chitambo Dickson aged 18 of Malulu village, Nchelenge
11. Male Juvenile aged 17 of Mutono village, Nchelenge
12. Male Juvenile aged 15 of Nkomba area, Nchelenge
13. Mwansa Charles aged 27 of Nkomba area, Nchelenge
14. Chanda Evans aged 24 of Kasumpa village, Nchelenge
15. Kabamba Emmanuel aged 25 of Mutono village, Nchelenge
16. Kabwe Aaron aged 20 of Kafufuma area, Nchelenge
17. Nuncho Edward aged 25 of Dustin area, Nchelenge
18. Musonda Edward aged 22 of Mutono village
19. Kombe Thomas aged 21 of Kanyangala village
20. Mpundu John aged 18 of Kanyangala village Nchelenge.
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