Pathways, Pressure, and Profit: Adaptive Innovation and Strain in a Convicted Cybercrime Academy Called Hustle Kingdom
Pathways, Pressure, and Profit: Adaptive Innovation and Strain in a Convicted Cybercrime Academy Called Hustle Kingdom
Suleman Lazarus Adebayo Benedict Soares Mark Button a London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UKb University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africac Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja, Nigeriad University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UKSuleman Lazarus holds all his university degrees from the UK, including a PhD in Cybercrime and Criminology from the University of Portsmouth. He is an Associate Editor for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) journal, Digital Threats: Research and Practice. Dr Lazarus is also a Visiting Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He developed the Tripartite Cybercrime Framework (TCF), classifying cybercrimes into socioeconomic, psychosocial, and geopolitical motivational groups. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, including Telematics and Informatics, Life Writing, Critical Research on Religion, Deviant Behavior, and Current Issues in Criminal Justice. His research primarily explores the intersection of cybercriminals and society across various contexts, such as Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Cambodia, and the United Kingdom.Adebayo Benedict Soares is a chief superintendent and senior prosecutor at Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He is a Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner (CECFE), Certified Cybercrime Investigator (CCCI), and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He holds a Master of Science in Economic Crime and International Criminal Justice and an Executive Diploma in Anti-Corruption and Diplomacy. Mr. Soares has investigated and prosecuted numerous financial crimes, such as investment fraud, money laundering, and cybercrime. He has been instrumental in significant asset recovery through civil forfeiture. His scholarly works have been featured in journals like “Criminal Justice Studies”.Mark Button is the Founder and Co-Director of the Centre for Cybercrime and Economic Crime at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Portsmouth. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and is a leading authority on counter-fraud, online fraud, and private policing. Professor Button has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and ten books on these subjects. His extensive research portfolio includes projects for organisations such as the Home Office, National Fraud Authority, EPSRC, Sentencing Council, Midlands Fraud Forum, Crowe Clark Whitehill, and the United Nations.