NIWA Seeks EFCC’s Collaboration in Tackling Fraud in Waterways
The National Inland Waterways Authority has called for greater collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to checkmate fraudulent malpractices in the Waterways sector. This call was made on Monday, February 19, 2024 by the NIWA’s Area Manager in charge…
EFCC Arrests Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Yenagoa
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters at an apartment in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. They were arrested on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 following actionable intelligence rec…
EFCC Arrests 40 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Abuja, Keffi
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, have arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at Mpape in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja and Keffi, Nasarawa State. The susp…
EFCC Arrests Two Chinese, One Other for Suspected Illegal Mining in Ilorin ...... Nurse, Two others for Suspected Currency Racketeering
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two Chinese: Yang Chao, 39, and Xiao Jiang 38 for suspected illegal mining activities. They were arrested alongside Chidi Joseph Osuji, 48, suspected to be an accomplice in…
EFCC Arraigns Ibadan Business Woman for N13m Dud Cheque
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a business woman, Oluwabiyi Peace before Justice O.A. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan for issuing a dud cheque worth N13,000,000 (Thirteen Million Naira) to a cust…
EFCC Arrests Banker, POS Agent for Currency Racketeering
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a banker, Soberechukwu Inya Ewa and a Point of Sales, POS, cashier, Azubuike Mamwu Obasi for allegedly selling new naira notes to customers for commercial purposes.…
Alleged N1.4bn Fraud: EFCC Re-arraigns Professor, Firms for Defrauding Farmers
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned Prof. Uche Chigozie Edwin before Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for allegedly defrauding maize farmers to the tune of N1,473,367,046.04 (One…
EFCC Arrests 26 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Abuja
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command, on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters. They were arrested at Kurudu, Jahi, Kubwa, and Gwarimpa areas of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja following credible…
Gombe Court Sends Fraudster to Jail for Employment Scam
Justice A. Abdussalam of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe, on Thursday February 15, 2024 convicted and sentenced Kelvin Tikus to three years imprisonment for employment scam. Tikus , 36, employee of the Nigerian Correctional Service was arraigned on one - count charge…
Court Jails Three for Internet Fraud in Kaduna
Justice A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High court, Kaduna has convicted and sentenced three persons into various jail terms for internet- related fraud. The convicts are, Ogochukwu Mitchel Emmanuel Ijeh, Mohammed Kabir Bello and Sunday Simon (a.k.a Ryan Eggold). They were jailed…
EFCC Arraigns Ibadan Business Woman for N58m Alleged Fraud
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Ajayi Oluwabukola Temitope before an Oyo State High Court for allegedly obtaining N58, 458, 000.00 (Fifty-eight Million, Four Hundred and Fifty-eight Thousand Naira) by false pretence fr…
FCT Agency Seeks EFCC’s Intervention in Tackling Land Grabbing
The Department of Development Control of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to come to its aid in tackling the growing activities of land grabbers within the Federal Capital Territory. This call was made in A…
EFCC Arraigns Onitsha Market Leader for Alleged N6.7m Fraud
The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned the Chairman, Onitsha/Odekpe Plastic Market Association, Obinna Calistus Okoli before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, sitting in Awka, Anambra State for obtaining under fa…
NIS Commends EFCC, Sues for Enhanced Collaboration
The Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Rivers Marine Command, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Bashir Mohammed Lawal has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on its rising effectiveness in tackling the menace of economic and financial crimes and…
Alleged $370,000 Fake Marriage: EFCC Recovers $13,204, Property, Vehicles from Defendant-Witness
A Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley, being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for defrauding an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers the sum of $370,000( Three Hundred and Seventy Thousand United States Dollars) i…
EFCC Arrests 14 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in a “Yahoo Academy” in Makurdi
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 arrested 14( fourteen) suspected internet fraudsters in a training center of potential internet fraudsters in Makurdi, Benue State. The operatives, actin…
Gombe Court Jails Businessman for N3.5m Fraud
Justice Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court Gombe, on February 12, 2024 convicted and sentenced one Isiyaku Dahiru and his company, Zafran and Brothers Investment Limited to twelve (12) months imprisonment for obtaining the sum of N3,500 000.00 (Three Million, Five Hu…
Court Jails 15 for Internet Fraud in Ibadan
Justices Olusola Adetujoye, O.A. Lajide and S.O. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan have convicted and sentenced 15 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges upon their arraignment by the Ib…
EFCC Arrests 14 FUTA Undergraduates, 19 Others for Suspected Internet Fraud
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested fourteen undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. They were arrested alongside nineteen( 19) others in the early hours of Wednesday, Februa…
EFCC Arrests Four Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Maiduguri
Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four suspected internet fraudsters in Maiduguri, Borno State. The suspects are Gwandi Micah, Okechukwu Emmanuel, Gabriel Commander and Dzeremo Sylvester. They were arres…
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