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Gauteng’s high-profile cybercrime kingpin James Aliyu was arrested by Interpol SA at a luxury Sandton estate in Johannesburg, in connection with almost R196 million romance scamming and business email compromise fraud.
A 28-year-old Nigerian suspect was investigated by South Africa and United States of America (USA) for online scams and money laundering.
Majority of victims are believed to be based in USA and they have applied for his extradition.
The suspect was arrested at an upmarket state in Sandton, Johannesburg at a takedown operation.
“Just after 10:00 on Wednesday, June 29, members of Interpol National Crime Bureau (NCB) in Pretoria with the assistance from members of SAPS Gauteng Highway Patrol Unit swooped in on the upmarket estate where they effected the arrest,” read the statement by the police.
The suspect is accused of swindling dozens of US residents millions of dollars through texts and emails.
The suspect has already appeared before the Randburg Magistrate Court on the same day of his arrest, and the matter has been remanded to next week Tuesday.
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