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N25.7bn Fraud: Appeal Court Affirms Conviction Of Ex-Bank PHB MD, Atuche, Other
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A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Thursday, June 23, 2022, upheld the conviction of a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, as well as the bank’s former Chief Financial Officer, Ugo Anyanwu.
Atuche and his co-convict, Anyanwu, had approached the appellate court to set aside their conviction by Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on June 16, 2021 over a N25.7 billion fraud.
The panel, comprising Justices Sadiq Umar, Adebukola Banjoko and Kayode Bada, while resolving all the issues in the appeal in favour of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, except the sentencing, also clarified that Atuche's jail term was 12 years concurrently, rather than 120 years, handed down by the lower court, if calculated consecutively.
EFCC Arraigns Man for N12m fraud in Maiduguri
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Ahmed Isa Tahir and Ibrahim Salisu (now at large) before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri.
He was arraigned on Thursday, June 23, 2022 on two- count amended charges bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12, 000, 000.00 (Twelve Million Naira).
Court Jail Man 7 Years for N6.5m Fraud
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The Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 22, 2022, secured the conviction of one Jamilu Sule before Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on a one count charge of obtaining by false pretense.
The convict was sentenced to seven (7) years imprisonment with no option of fine.
Sule’s journey to prison started when he was arrested by the Commission following a petition which alleged that he obtained property of the complainant worth N7, 677,000 under false pretense.
Two FBI- Wanted Fraudsters Bag Seven Years in Enugu
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Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has convicted and sentenced two fraudsters on the Watch List of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, to seven years imprisonment for internet- related offences.
The convicts: Uchechukwu Solomon Ezirim and Dike George Chimezie got their jail terms on different dates in the same court. While Ezirim was jailed on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, Chimezie was convicted on Friday, June 10, 2022.
Man Bags One Year Jail Term for e-Transfer Fraud in Makurdi
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The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Abo Soonen Stephen before Justice Abdul Dogo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Makurdi, Benue State for fraudulently re-directing electronic funds transfer instruction to defraud his victim of One Million Four Hundred and Two Thousand Naira (N1,402,000.00).
The convict was sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty to the one-count amended charge brought against him by the EFCC.
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