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EFCC, Law School Revive Partnership on Economic Crimes Law Report
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigeria Law School have brokered fresh partnership aimed at reviving the journal on economic crimes, the Economic Crimes Law Report.
Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa hinted at this new-fangled initiative on Monday, June 6, 2022 when a delegation from the Nigeria Law School, led by its Director General, Professor Isah Hayatu Chiroma, SAN, paid him a Courtesy Visit at the EFCC’s corporate headquarters in Abuja.
Court Sends Four Internet Fraudsters to Prison in Benin
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Four internet fraudsters, Osamudiamen Efosa, John Ogbodo, Clinton Amanemiye and James Collins Oghenetega were on Monday, June 6, 2022, convicted and sentenced to prison by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.
The quartet were separately arraigned by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on one count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.
They were said to have impersonated foreign nationals with intent to defraud, an offence against the state.
Court Sends Two Internet Fraudsters to Prison in Benin
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Two internet fraudsters, Ese Ekunme and Uyi Eric were on Thursday June 2, 2022 convicted and sentenced to prison by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.
The duo were arraigned by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on A separate one count charges of fraudulent impersonation and possession of proceeds of cybercrime.
Eric had in January 2022 impersonated one Tyler Lapay, an American woman on Instagram in his attempt to defraud unsuspecting victims while Ekunwe took possession of the sum of N3million which was proceeds of crime.
EFCC Arraigns Man for N1.2m Land Fraud in Maiduguri
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 6, 2022, arraigned one Mustapha Hamza before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on one count charge bordering on cheating to the tune of N1,200,000.00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand Naira).
The defendant allegedly fraudulently induced one Sayyada Halima Sheik Ibrahim Saleh to deliver to him the said sum on the pretext that he was the owner of a plot of land which he had no authority to sell.
EFCC Arraigns Banker for Forgery
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The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 arraigned a banker, Adeyemi Sule Waliu before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State for forgery and obtaining by false pretence.
The one count charge reads: "That you Adeyemi Sule Waliu (M) sometime in 2020 in Benin City, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did knowingly make a false document captioned "Customer Information update Form' with intent that the customer service officer of First City Monumental Bank Ugbowo Branch may in the belief that it is genuine be induced to act on the said document and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 465 of the Criminal Code Act Cap C39 LFN 2004 and punishable under Section 467 of the same Law”.
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