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Court Convicts One, Two Arraigned for N18m Fraud in Maiduguri
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Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Monday, July 4, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Horso Amma Abba to seven years imprisonment.
Abba was arraigned on April 11, 2019 by the Maiduguri Zonal Command on a one count charge that bordered on obtaining by false pretence. He was alleged to have sold a property belonging to Alhaji Ahmed Kois Abdulkarim without his consent and diverted the proceeds to his own use.
Court Convicts Man for N6m Scam
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The Economic and financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 4, 2022, secured the conviction of one Chike Akwitti (alias Dr. Justified Iseoma Nnaemeka) before justice Sylvanus Origi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja.
The convict was arraigned on December 16, 2015, on a four count charge of obtaining by false pretence and theft to the tune of about N6,370, 000(Six Million Three Hundred and Seventy Thousand Naira).
Court Jails One in Abuja for $10,000 Fraud
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Justice C.O Agashieze of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting in Kwali Abuja has convicted and sentenced Mayor Adonor to a fine of N50,000( Fifty Thousand Naira) for obtaining money under false pretence.
He was jailed on July 1, 2022 after pleading guilty to one -count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence, preferred against him by the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Internet Fraud: Eight Convicted in Ibadan
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The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 1, 2022 secured the conviction and sentencing of eight internet fraudsters before different Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State on separate amended one count charge each of fraudulent impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.
The offences contravene Section 22 (2) (b) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015 and Section 419 and 484 of the Criminal Code Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
Credit Card Fraud: UK Ex-convict Bags Jail Term in Lagos
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The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on July 1, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos of one Ahmed Soetan Adebola, a United Kingdom ex-convict for credit card fraud to one year imprisonment.
The EFCC had on June 3, 2022, arraigned the convict on a one-count amended charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence contrary to Section 312 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
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