Digital Economy Ministry wages war on ‘mule’ bank accounts
FRIDAY, MAY 03, 2024
Government agencies are preparing to draw up more stringent regulations for new bank accounts, following the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society’s (DE) announcement on Thursday that more than 300,000 mule accounts have been removed since November.
New agency successfully recoups over 50% of funds lost to online scammers
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Since it was set up on November 1 last year, the Anti-Online Scam Operation Centre (AOC 1441) has ended up freezing as many as 39,918 bank accounts for fraud.