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Courts Convict Three Cybercriminals in Ibadan
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 16, 2022, secured the conviction of the trio of Warees Tunde Oladunni, Makinde Ajibola and Alex Chibueze Akhiria for cyber-fraud.
The convicts were arraigned on separate one count charges each which bordered on impersonation, an offence which violates Section 484 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000 .
The charge against Warees reads: “That you, Warees Tunde Oladunni ‘M’ sometime in the year 2019, at Ibadan, Oyo State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, did falsely represent yourself via your Facebook account to be a female citizen of the United States of America who goes by name, Isabella Maurice, which representation you knew to be false.”
Thirty Five Internet Fraud Suspects Arrested in Ibadan
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Thirty five suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Seventeen of the suspects were arrested on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Akobo area of Ibadan following credible intelligence on their alleged fraudulent activities, while the remaining eighteen suspects were apprehended by officers of 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan and handed over to the Commission for further investigation.
The suspects arrested by EFCC operatives are Taiwo Babalola Oluwatope, Adekunle Odewale Damilola, Lawal Ismail Adebola, Salau Ayobami Adeyemi, Adebowale Samuel Amusan, Abioye Oluwatobi Alex, Akinola Adekunle, Salau Opeyemi Saheed, Ugwu Osita, Adedun Olajide Temidire, Adegbenro Adeola Damilare, Emmanuel Oluwatobi Ajala, Ojekale Samuel Ayodimeji, Adebayo Babatunde Teslim, Micheal Ayomide, Opeyemi Sonuola and Adetona Oladimeji Abdulazeez.
Bawa Tasks Community-Based Organisations on Whistle-Blowing
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on Community-Based Organisations, CBOs, across the country to rise more vigorously to the imperatives of whistle-blowing by volunteering information about cases of economic and financial crimes in their neighbourhood.
He made the call in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday, June 16, 2022, while presenting a paper on overcoming the challenges of whistle blowing and anti-corruption at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Town Hall meeting organized by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, AFRICMIL.
EFCC Trains Media Officers on News Reporting
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In line with its commitment to improving the capacity of its work force, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has organized a Two-day Training Programme for its Media Officers.
The programme, which held at the EFCC Academy, Abuja, between Tuesday, June 14, 2022 and Wednesday, June 15, 2022, was tailored towards honing the skills of the officers in news writing, news reporting, specialized reporting and public speaking.
Media officers across the fourteen (14) Zonal Commands of the EFCC were trained on contemporary trends in media engagements.
EFCC Warns Hoteliers against Accommodating Fraudsters
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The Ilorin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ACE II Michael Nzekwe, has warned hotel owners to avoid being accomplice to Yahoo Boys who check into their facilities for internet fraud and money laundering activities or risk being prosecuted and jailed.
Nzekwe gave the admonition on Thursday, June 16, 2022, while addressing a stakeholders meeting of Designated Non-Financial Institutions, DNFIs, at the Commission’s Office along Catchment Road, GRA, Ilorin.
According to him, “the Commission has observed a worrying pattern of cold complicity by hospitality entrepreneurs who appear to be hands-in-gloves with suspected fraudsters by housing them over long spells and making internet facilities available to them”.
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