Shun Social Vices, Magu Charges Youths
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has emphasised the need for Nigerian Youths, especially students to shun all forms of social vices. Magu gave the charge on July 31, 2019, while speaking at an event organised by the National…
EFCC Arraigns Businessman for N6m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office on July 30, 2019 arraigned Magaji Mijinyawa and Shehu Mahamoud before Justice Darius Khobo of the State High Court sitting in Kaduna on a four-count charge bordering on fraud and obtaining money by false pret…
Anti-Graft War: NYSC Anti-Corruption CDS Partners EFCC
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has applauded and appreciated the NYSC Anti-Corruption Community Development Service Club for their continuous collaboration and resilience in the fight against corruption in the country. He…
Court Jails School Proprietress for Obtaining N5m by Trick
The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of Josephine Udeh, before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri on a one-count charge of obtaining money by false prete…
EFCC Arraigns Businessman for N6m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office on July 30, 2019 arraigned Magaji Mijinyawa and Shehu Mahamoud before Justice Darius Khobo of the State High Court sitting in Kaduna on a four-count charge bordering on fraud and obtaining money by false pret…
Corruption, Root of Nigeria's Insecurity-Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has traced the roots of the current insecurity in the land to corruption, noting that there was an urgent need for concerted efforts against corruption if peace and security are to reign agai…
Judge Quashes Plea Bargain, Hands Yahoo Boy Three Years Without Option of Fine
Justice M. B. Idris of Federal Capital Territory Court, Nyanya, Abuja, on July 30, 2019, struck out a plea bargain agreement between a defendant, Favour Ebebeinwe Ogagaoghene and the prosecution, convicting him as an internet fraudster with a three years prison sentence without a…
EFCC Docks Man for N8.5m Fraud
The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 arraigned one Baba Shehu Hayatu, before Justice Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a two-count charge, bordering on criminal breach of trust…
EFCC Foils Suspect’s Attempt to Flush Away Phone, Arrests 15 ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ibadan
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 botched an attempt by a suspected internet fraudster to flush his phone through a water closet in order to deny access to potentially incriminating data about him. The…
Court Sentences Four Oil Thieves for Illegal Oil Bunkering
Justice A. T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced the trio of Abdullahi Yahaya, Suleiman Hassan and Salisu Abubakar to two years imprisonment each and handed a fine of N500,000 ( Five Hundred Thousand Naira only) t…
EFCC Secures Conviction of Visa Fraudster in Gombe
The Gombe Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 29, 2019, secured the conviction of a visa fraudster, Malam Lauwali Usman, before Justice Abubakar Jauro, of the Gombe State High Court, on a one count charge bordering on fraud. Usman w…
Romance Scam: Two Bag Jail Terms in Ilorin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on July 26, 2019 secured the conviction of Samuel Magaaji and Balogun Olasunkanmi charged for offences bordering on internet fraud. They were arraigned before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High…
EFCC Arrests Kwara Director, 6 Microfinance Bank MDs over Alleged N2bn SME fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office has arrested Segun Soewu, Director General, Kwara State Bureau of Small and Medium Enterprise Development, over an alleged N2billion fraud. Also arrested are Ogudu Samuel of Brightway Micro Finance; A.K. Imam…
Plea Bargain, a Necessity in Criminal Prosecution- Magu
The acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has said that the concept of plea bargaining is instrumental to the high rate of conviction recorded by the Commission. “Plea bargain has boosted our conviction rate which already stands at 666 thi…
EFCC Arrests Sokoto Councillor, Director, Two Others for Diverting Workers’ Salaries
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Tukur Yabo, Director of Works and Housing, Tureta Local Government Area; Hon. Abubakar Maigishiri, a Councilor, Social Welfare, Tureta LGA; Danjuma Ibrahim, a Cashier with Ministry of Social Welfare a…
Court Jails Businessman for N30m Fraud, Arraigns Another for N3m Fraud
Justice Fadawu Umar of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on July 25, 2019 sentenced one Usman Idris alongside his company, Influential Investment Limited to one year in prison on each of the three-count amended charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crime…
Court Convicts Businessman in Absentia for $149,950 Fraud, Orders Arrest of Sureties
Justice Olusola Williams of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, July 26, 2019, convicted a businessman, Barnabas Johnson Akojie in absentia for offences bordering on forgery, stealing, obtaining by false pretence and fraudulent conversion to the tune o…
Ex-Gov Okorocha: College not in session when we Visited - EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to state that on July 23, 2019 when its operatives from the Enugu Zonal Office visited the Rochas Foundation College, Owerri, Imo State, that there was no harassment of any students, teachers or staff of the College and t…
Civil Engineer Jailed for Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office on July 26, 2019 secured the conviction of Hammed Lanre, a Civil Engineer, who was arraigned before Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High sitting in Ilorin, for offence bordering on stealing. He wa…
Magu Laments Obstacles in Repatriation of Stolen Funds
The acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has lamented the difficulties being experienced in the repatriation of stolen assets traced to foreign countries, making a clarion call on international law enforcement agencies to assist the agenc…
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