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Alleged N233m Fraud: Court Grants Businesswoman N400m Bail in Lagos
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Justice A.O.Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has granted bail to a businesswoman, Olubunmi Akintoye Adeola, who is being prosecuted for an alleged N233m fraud, in the sum of N400m.
The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, arraigned Adeola on a 12-count charge bordering on stealing and possession of fraudulent documents to the tune of N233, 000,000( Two Hundred and Thirty-three Million Naira).
EFCC Re-arraigns Lagos Pastor For Alleged N54.7m Fraud
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 16, 2022 re-arraigned one Cletus Ilongwo, a self-acclaimed Lagos-based prophet, before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on an amended seven-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N54.7 million.
The defendant was first arraigned on November 5, 2018 on an 11-count charge to which he pleaded "not guilty".
His victim, one Obinna Ezenwaka, a former employee of Fidelity Bank Plc, alleged that he was introduced to the defendant sometime in 2015 when he was seeking solution to his "spiritual problem".
Alleged Money Laundering: Mompha’s Absence Stalls Trial As Court Adjourns Till June 22
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The trial of one Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, could not continue on Thursday, June 16, 2022 before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos due to the absence of the defendant.
Mompha, alonside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, on an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy to launder funds obtained through unlawful activity, retention of proceeds of criminal conduct, laundering of funds obtained through unlawful activity, failure to disclose assets and property, possession of documents containing false pretence and use of property derived from unlawful act.
Court Sends Five Internet Fraudsters To Jail In Uyo
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Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has convicted and sentenced five internet fraudsters : Henry Nwankwo, Miracle Okoroji, Peter Chima, Okon Mike Edem and Francis Victor Akpan to various terms of imprisonment for cybercrimes.
They were convicted on Thursday, June 16, 2022 after pleading guilty to charges bordering on criminal impersonation, upon being arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Man Bags Two Years Imprisonment for Internet Fraud in Nasarawa
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The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 15, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Seigiru Dauda Mohammed before Justice Nehizena Afolabi of the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State on one count charge for his involvement in Internet fraud.
The charge reads: “That you, Seigiru Dauda Mohammed sometime in 2020 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud created a username-Pep marine in Telegram group, with which you charted with one John Terugwa Nanev to buy bitcoin worth $789 (Seven Hundred and Eighty Nine USD), that you materially misrepresented the fact and caused him a loss and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 14 (2) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015".
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