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…
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…
Alleged N71.5m Fraud: Court Adjourns Okoronkwo’s Trial till Oct 29
Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State has adjourned the trial of an alleged notorious ponzi scheme operator, Chinedu Roland Okoronkwo, standing trial for N71, 580, 000 (Seventy One Million, Five Hundred and Eighty Thous…
Olukoyede Charges Youths to Shun Internet Crimes
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has called on youths across the country to shun the allure of internet crimes and resist the get-rich-quick syndrome associated with it to safeguard their future and wellbeing. He mad…
EFCC Arrests 32 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Minna
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested 32 suspected internet fraudsters in Minna, the Niger State capital. The arrests followed an intelligence-driven raid on their hideout. Items recovered from them include, nine high-end…
Court Jails Three Internet Fraudsters in Kaduna
Justices R.M. Aikawa and Hauwa'u Buhari of the Federal High Court, Kaduna have convicted and sentenced the trio of AbdulFatai Ismail Alade (a.k.a hismaheel asiwaju), Audu Ishida and Elisha Smith for fraud. They were prosecuted by Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Finan…
Alleged N33.8bn Manbilla Project fraud: Proceeds used to Purchase Abuja Properties- Witness
Abubakar Kweido, First Prosecuting witness, PW1 in the trial of a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja before Justice James Omotosho that he former minister allegedly used funds from the Mambilla Hydro pr…
EFCC-NJI Workshop: Participants Move against Frivolous Restraining Orders in Courts
Participants at the 6th Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC- National Judicial Institute, NJI’s Capacity Building Workshop for Justices and Judges have called on judges handling economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption across the country, to exercise…
EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Uyo
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have apprehended 13 suspected internet fraudsters in Nwaniba area of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. They were arrested on Monday, October 7, 2024 in a sting operation following credible intellig…
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