Court Awards Final Forfeiture of N131.3m Cash, N600m Worth of Properties Against Officials of Power Ministry
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court 9, Abuja on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 ordered the final forfeiture of N131,337,800.00 (One Hundred and Thirty One Million, Three Hundred and Thirty-seven Thousand Eight Hundred Naira) and properties valued at about N600, 000,000 (S…
Court Jails Yahoo Boys in Calabar
Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters to six months imprisonment with N150,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) option of fine each, after both pleaded gu…
Kaduna Govt Seeks EFCC's Help to Enhance Public Financial Transparency
The Kaduna State Government on Monday December 16, 2019, appealed to the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, to help the State in sensitizing and enlightening public office holders, particularly at the local government level, on th…
EFCC Sensitises DNFIs on Money Laundering, Terrorists Finance
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Mgu has advised Designated Non-Financial Institutions (DNFIs) to stay away from money laundering and all forms of economic and financial crimes and to always be guided by the law in all their busi…
EFCC Opposes Orji Kalu’s Post-conviction Bail Application
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, opposed a post-conviction bail application filed by a convicted former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, before Justice Muhammed Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. Kalu…
Parties in Jang’s Case to Adopt Written Addresses, December 23 on no Case Submission
Justice Daniel Longji of the Federal High Court, Jos, Plateau State, on Tuesday December 17, 2019, adjourned until December 23, 2019 for the adoption of written addresses by the parties in the no case submission of the defence in the trial of former governor of Plateau State, Dav…
Court Jails Two Internet Fraudsters in Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office on Tuesday December 17, 2019 secured the conviction of Chibueze Meshak and Babatunde Muhammed Bashir before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on offences bordering on inte…
Court Jails Two Fake Sureties in Port Harcourt
Justice H.I.O Oshomah of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced Williams Greatman (aka Fubara Duke) to six months imprisonment for forging a Certificate of Occupancy in order to stand as a Surety for a suspect. In the same court…
EFCC Hands Over 53 Recovered Tricycles to Zamfara State Govt
The Sokoto Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 16, 2019, handed over Fifty Three (53) Tricycles (Keke Napep) recovered from a contractor to the Zamfara State government. The recovery of the Tricycles was sequel to investigation…
Witness Reveals Maina Son’s Involvement in Father’s Companies
The trial of Abdulrasheed Maina and his son, Faisal, continued on Monday, December 16, 2019, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Maina, former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on…
EFCC, NDLEA Consider Strategic Partnership To Combat Money Laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have expressed the readiness to foster strategic partnership to better help in their respective mandates. This was the tone of discussion when the new Oyo State Commander of t…
Five Yahoo Boys Bag Jail Terms in Calabar
Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State on Thursday, December 12, 2019, handed prison terms to five cyber criminals, better known as “Yahoo Boys,” after they pleaded guilty to one-count charge, preferred against them separately by the Economic…
Man Jailed 10 Years For N37m Fraud
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, December 13, sentenced one Jules Suinner to 10 years imprisonment for N37m fraud. Justice Obiozor had, on Friday, December 6, 2019, convicted Suinner, but deferred sentencing to today. The convict…
Fraudsters Bag Three Years for Currency Counterfeiting in Lagos
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday, December 12, 2019 convicted and sentenced the trio of Raphael Ishado, Jacob Sunday and Raheem Shanu to one year imprisonment each for counterfeiting the sum of N10,000k (Ten Thousand Naira). The convicts w…
EFCC Arraigns Man for N15.8m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Friday, December 13, 2019, arraigned one Balami Abdullahi before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence a…
EFCC Arrests 16-year-old, 28 others for Internet Fraud in Imo
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, December 13, 2019, arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters, better known as Yahoo Yahoo Boys in three different locations in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The haul included a 16-year-old undergraduat…
Fraudster Bags Six Months for $390,952 Scam...Banker, Eight Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms for Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday December 13, 2019 secured the convictions of nine internet fraudsters and a Banker before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State. They were arraigned separately for offences borderin…
EFCC Abuja Zonal Office Records 42 Convictions, Recovers N725.2m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Abuja Zonal Office, within its first year of establishment secured 42 convictions as at November, 2019. This number of convictions was derived from 615 petitions, of which 305 were put under investigation, with 164 currently with…
Three Yahoo Boys Bag 21 Months in FCT
Justice A.O Musa of the FCT High Court, Bwari, Abuja, on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, sentenced three internet fraudsters to seven months imprisonment with N100,000 option of fine respectively, on separate one-count charge of internet fraud, impersonation and forgery, contrary t…
Alleged N702m Fraud: Court Orders Okupe to Enter Defence
Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been ordered by a Federal High Court, Abuja to enter his defence in a N702million fraud charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Ma…
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