EFCC Unveils Cybercrime Rapid Response Service
Determined to break the criminal networks and damage associated with internet fraud across the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 unveiled a 24- hour Cybercrime Rapid Response Desk. The unveiling, which was done at the Banque…
Two Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms in Kaduna
Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Kaduna has convicted and jailed one Olayinka Abdulraheem Saidu( a.k.a Lily Bright) and Adams Shedrack (a.k.a Kellie Hamza) for fraud. The convicts were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Co…
Olukoyede Assures MIREMCO of Collaboration against Illegal Mining
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has assured Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO) of the Commission’s collaboration and partnership towards stemming the tide of illegal mining activities in t…
EFCC Re-arraigns Former Kwara Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed for Alleged N5.78bn Fraud
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 21, 2024 re-arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed alongside his Finance Commissioner, Ademola Banu on a 14-count amended charge bordering on all…
EFCC Re-arraigns Businessman for Alleged Tampering With Forfeited Property
The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, October 18, 2024, re-arraigned one Ifeanyi Bosah-Reginald, a businessman, on an amended two-count charge bordering on alleged tampering with forfeited property before Justice R. A. Oshod…
EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged N8.1million Land Fraud in Enugu
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Paulinus Ani before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretenc…
Court Orders Final Forfeiture of N2.7bn Proceeds of Illegal Mining
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N2, 739,836,331.31(Two Billion, Seven Hundred and Thirty-nine Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty-six Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty-one Naira, Thirty-…
Winners of EFCC's 2nd Essay Competition Emerge
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, hereby announces winners of its 2nd EFCC Essay Competition, following a call for entries in August 2024. The competition, aimed at promoting critical thinking and innovative solutions to cybercrimes, saw over 1,000 submissions f…
Alleged 19m Fraud: EFCC Presents More Witness against Defendant
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, presented its third prosecution witness, PW 3, Felicia Paul, an operative of the EFCC, in the trial of one Murtala Adebayo for an alleged N19m fraud before Justice Mojisola Mojisola Dada of the Spec…
Gombe Courts Send 10 Fraudsters to Jail
The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of ten fraudsters into various jail terms for offences bordering on internet fraud, impersonation and employment fraud. The convicts are Emmanuel Cyriacus ,…
EFCC, NAPTIP Join Forces against Money Laundering
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede has expressed the readiness of the Commission to work closely with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, in order to tackle the scourge of money lau…
EFCC Arrests 36 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Onitsha
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested thirty-six (36) suspected internet fraudsters at different locations of Onitsha, Anambra State. The suspects were arrested on October 11, 2024 following actionable intelligen…
Court Jails Three Internet Fraudsters in Kaduna
Justices Hawaa Buhari and R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Kaduna have convicted and sentenced Owoyale Shuaib (a.k.a Mary Lisa Goklool), Oluwafemi Moses Oluwatosin (a.k.a Douglas Chiater) and Wisdom Sambo Sammy (a.k.a Prudent Jameson) to various jail terms for fraud. The tri…
Kwara Courts Jail Six for Internet Fraud in Ilorin
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 14, 2024 secured the conviction of six persons for offences bordering on internet fraud before Justices Sulaiman Akanbi and Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting i…
Court Jails 15 Internet Fraudsters in Benin City
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentence of 15 internet fraudsters before Justice A. N. Erhabor of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. The convicts are: Nosa Gift, Igbinosa Eghosa, Nosazee N…
EFCC Sets up Public Complaints Unit
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed the establishment of a Public Complaints Desk at all the Zonal Directorates of the Commission and the Corporate Headquarters. The Desk, designed to be manned by specially…
EFCC’s Arrest at Urban Radio Enugu: Facts of the Matter
On Monday, October 14, 2024 a team of operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, comprising four officers were at Urban Radio 94.5FM, Enugu to invite one Favour Ekoh, host of Prime Time, a programme running at the Station. Eko…
Alleged £1million Fraud: Court Overrules Defence Counsel’s Objection in Trial of Seven Suspects
Justice R.A. Osodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, October 11, 2024, overruled the objection raised by the defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo, SAN to seven suspects facing trial over an alleged £1m fraud and also admitted in evidence a flash drive con…
Alleged £1million Fraud: Court Overrules Defence Counsel’s Objection in Trial of Seven Suspects
Justice R.A. Osodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, October 11, 2024, overruled the objection raised by the defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo, SAN to seven suspects facing trial over an alleged £1m fraud and also admitted in evidence a flash drive con…
Kwara Courts Jail Bureau de-change Operator, Two Others for Fraud
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced one Yakubu Aminu to 200 (Two Hundred) hours community service for carrying out bureau de change businesses without a valid licence. Similarly, a Kwara State High Court presided over by Justice Ham…
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