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AFRICAN NOTORIOUS BEC SCAMMER ARRESTED FOR $12M FRAUD

According to law enforcement sources, after an almost six-year-long investigation into the alleged scammer’s activities, he was arrested thanks to a multi-agency investigation that included Interpol, the US department of homeland security investigations and the US Secret Service.