Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC
Internet Fraudsters Bag One Year Jail Term, Forfeit N20m
Justice M.S. Hassan of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, convicted and sentenced Paul Duru and Edet Efiong Daniel, to one year in prison each for Internet fraud. The convicts were arrested in February 2019, following a petition received by the Commission from a new generation bank. The financial institution allegedly discovered some suspicious transactions on an account belonging to Duru, who was subsequently arrested by operatives of the EFCC. His arrest led to the apprehension of Daniel. Duru was hired by Daniel, a cat fisher, who presented himself as
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