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EFCC Arraigns One for N1m Fraud in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 arraigned one Mustapha Idris before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a one- count amended charge amended…
EFCC Arrests 31 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Nasarawa State
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 31 suspected internet fraudsters in Nassarawa State. They were arrested on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at Nassarawa Toto, Nassarawa State, following credible intelligence on their suspected involvement in i…
Alleged $1bn Fraud: Court Rejects CBEX Operators’ Bail Applications
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite has rejected the bail application filed by three promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) in the alleged $1 billion fraud. Justice Nwite, in a ruling on Monday, June 30, 2025, held that available evi…
Alleged N76bn, $31.5m Fraud: AMCON Ex-Director Denies Signing Arik Air Loan Deal, Alleges Document Irregularities
The third prosecution witness, PW3, Abbas Jega, a former Executive Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), in the ongoing trial of Mallam Ahmed Kuru, a former Managing Director of AMCON, and four others over an alleged N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud,…
Alleged Cyberterrorism, Internet Fraud: I Deposited Naira Equivalent of $5,000 to $10,000 Daily into Genting Co. Ltd- Witness
The second prosecution witness, PW2, Alhassan Garba, a Bureau De Change operator in the ongoing trial of one Huang Haoyu, a Chinese and others, has told Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, that he had several crypto transactions with Haoyu between Se…
Court Jails Five Chinese for Cyberterrorism, Internet Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of five Chinese for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lag…
Olukoyede Charges DNFBPs on Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws in Kano
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyode, has called on Designated Non-Financial Institutions and Businesses (DNFBPs) across the country to always comply with extant laws and regulations to strengthen the country’s efforts to…
EFCC Arraigns One for N1m Fraud in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 arraigned one Mustapha Idris before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a one- count amended charge amended…
EFCC Arrests 31 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Nasarawa State
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 31 suspected internet fraudsters in Nassarawa State. They were arrested on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at Nassarawa Toto, Nassarawa State, following credible intelligence on their suspected involvement in i…
Alleged $1bn Fraud: Court Rejects CBEX Operators’ Bail Applications
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite has rejected the bail application filed by three promoters of Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX) in the alleged $1 billion fraud. Justice Nwite, in a ruling on Monday, June 30, 2025, held that available evi…
Alleged N76bn, $31.5m Fraud: Court Adjourns Ex-AMCON MD, Kuru, Others’ Trial Till July 1
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, June 30, 2025, adjourned till July 1, 2025 further hearing in the trial of Mallam Ahmed Kuru, a former Managing Director of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, and four others, ov…
Conspiracy to Steal: How I rejected $7,000 bribe for Access to Compromise Bank Internal System, Witness told court
A prosecution witness, Ajayi Michael Folaseye, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he rejected a $7,000 bribe allegedly offered by a colleague seeking unauthorized access to Premium Trust Bank’s internal systems. Folaseye, the first prosecution witness (PW1)…
Court Jails Two for Criminal Activities as EFCC Arraigns One for Internet Fraud in Kaduna
Justice Amina Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna, the state capital on Monday, June 30, 2025 convicted and sentenced Sunday Ogbobi and Agu Godwin to jail for criminal activities. The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EF…
EFCC's New Academy Gets Access Road as Olukoyede Commends Tinubu, Wike
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recorded a major milestone in the development of its New Academy at Giri, Abuja, with the completion and commissioning of an access road to the permanent site. Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, on Mond…
EFCC Arrests 74 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Abuja
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 74 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested on Monday, June 30, 2025 at Joyous Hotel, Nyanya in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT following actionable intelligence on their suspected involve…
Abuja Property Issue: EFCC DENIES DISOBEYING COURT ORDER
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to some media reports insinuating that it disobeyed an order of Justice Musa Liman of the Federal High Court, Abuja directing its operatives to vacate a property situated at House 6, Aso Drive, As…
Court Jails Man Seven Years for N11.4m Land Fraud in Enugu
Justice U. J. Mogboh of the Enugu State High Court sitting in Agbani, Enugu State on June 19, 2025 convicted and sentenced one George Amechi Igwesi to seven years imprisonment for land fraud. Igwesi was arraigned alongside his company, Georgeann Enterprises Limited by the Enugu Z…
Court Convicts Man for Hawking Naira Notes in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, June 27, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of one Emmanuel Ayodele Areola before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Areola was arraigned…
Cooperate with Us - Olukoyede Urges Youths in Southeast
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on youths in the Southeast to assist the Commission in ridding the region of all forms of corruption, economic and financial crimes, adding that without the youths, the futu…
Court Jails 14 Chinese for Cyberterrorism, Internet Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, June 27, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of 14 Chinese for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.…
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