The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confiscated $100 million from cyber cafe fraudsters and syndicates across the 36 states in its bid to cleanse the nation's name in international circles. The haul came through the more than 500 cases so far handled by the agency which disclosed that the United States also had been defrauded of about $720 million in this global crime.

Speaking on Monday in Abuja, Mr. Chido Onumah, coordinator of EFCC's Fix Nigeria Initiative (FNI), said the agency was committed to bringing perpetrators of cyber crimes to justice, a development which he said, had continued to put the nation in bad light both at home and abroad.