EFCC Secures Conviction Of Eight Illegal Petroleum Dealers
Justice Fatun Riman of the Federal High Court, sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, convicted and sentenced eight illegal dealers in petroleum product to six months imprisonment with N20000 (Twenty Thousand Naira) option of fine each and a tota…
EFCC Arraigns Ex-NBA Chairmen, Another for N20.1m Alleged Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, arraigned two former chairmen of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Ikeja Branch, Lagos State, Adesina Ogunlana and Yinka Farounbi, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offen…
Illegal Oil Bunkering: Navy Hands Over 21 Suspects, Vessels, Boat to EFCC
The Nigerian Navy, NNS Delta, today, May 22, 2019 handed over two motor vessels, MV NIPAL, SD WATERMAN, Large Wooden (Cotonou ) Boat and 21 crew members allegedly involved in illegal oil bunkering to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office, Edo Stat…
EFCC Docks Man for N3.2m Facebook Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 22, 2019 arraigned one Abubakar Isiyaku before Justice Sa'adatu Ibrahim of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano, Kano State on a one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence. Isiyaku was arrested by EFCC operat…
EFCC Disclaims Lagos Roadblocks, Online Invitations
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to the activities of some unscrupulous elements, who mount road blocks on some highbrow areas of Lagos, such as Victoria Island, Lekki and Festac Town, parading themselves as operatives of the Com…
Alleged €250m Fraud: Malaysian Docked, Remanded in Ikoyi Prison
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on May 22, 2019, arraigned a suspected fraudster, Tan Ah Chai Richard, alongside his company, Coastal Asia Investments Limited, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in lkeja, Lag…
N14b Police Pension Fraud: Witness Makes more Revelations
The trial of a former director in the Police Pension Office, Esai Dangabar and others over alleged N14 billion Pension Fraud, continued on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 before Justice Hussen Baba Yusuf of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja with a prosecution witness, a sta…
EFCC Gets Interim Forfeiture Order Against Suspected Kaduna Oil Thieves
Justice M.T.M Aliyu of Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna, the state capital, has ordered a temporary forfeiture of six houses and three filling stations, believed to be proceeds of economic sabotage, forgery and theft of petroleum products to the federal government. The…
Two Internet Fraudsters Bags Six Months Jail Term, Forfeit Property
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, secured the conviction and sentencing of two Internet fraudsters, Temitope Samson and Uduogwu Freeborn Eboagwu, to six months imprisonment each before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the…
EFCC Arraigns Ex-Customs Boss, Okafor for Alleged N3bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 21, 2019 arraigned one Bridget Okafor, a former Assistant Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs on a 13-count charge bordering on abuse of office to the tune of N3,336,176,661.24 (Three Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-…
EFCC Quizes Kwara Govt, State Assembly Officials over Suspicious Payments
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office has commenced investigations into the alleged illegal payment of about N400 million to some members of the Kwara State House of Assembly and the State Executive Council members before the expiration of their…
Court Convicts Fake Estate Agent for N3.5m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Isiyaku Dahiru before Justice Abubakar Jauro of the Gombe State High Court, on a one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation. A petition dated March 26, 2018 by A.…
Court Convicts Man for Forgery, Another for Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office has secured the conviction of one Adamu Mohammed Mudi. He was convicted by Justice Sa'ad Mohammad of the Gombe State High, sitting in Gombe, on a one-count charge bordering on cheating and possession of forged…
Chartered Institute of Treasury Management Seeks Partnership with EFCC
The Registrar of the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management, CITM, Olumide Adedoyin, on Tuesday May 21, 2019, called for a robust collaboration between the Institute and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the fight against economic and financial crimes in…
Again, EFCC Arrests Eight Internet Fraudsters in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested eight suspected fraudsters for an alleged involvement in internet crime. The suspects are: Adesanmi Abiodun, Olasupo Emmanuel, Segun Amudah, Aina Oladipo and Babatunde Olawuyi. Others are: Oluwas…
Two Fraudsters Wind up in Jail
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Monday, May 20, 2019 secured the conviction of two fraudsters, namely: Akinyemi Toheeb and Adebunmi Raheem Adisa. Toheeb, who claimed to be a final year student of the Ibadan Polytechnic was found guilty…
EFCC Docks Man for N7.6m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kano Zonal Office on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 arraigned one Jamilu Sule before Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on a four-count charge of obtaining by false pretence. The defendant was alleged to have collected…
EFCC Presents Witness Against Currency Counterfeiter
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 20, 2019 presented another witness against Rabiu Lawal Aliko, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for currency counterfeiting to the tune of $5,200 (Five Thousand Two Hundred Doll…
EFCC Arraigns Woman for N2. 1m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kano Zonal Office on Monday May 20, 2019 arraigned one Hauwa Mohammed Sabo before Honourable Justice Obiora Atuegwu Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kano on a two-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence…
EFCC, GIABA, EU Train Officers on Anti-money Laundering, Counter-terrorism
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Monday, May 20, 2019 kicked off a four-day inter-agency basic training on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT). It is for select officers of law enforcement agencies that include those of the Commiss…
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