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How Suspected Internet Fraudster Perpetrated $1,030,302.00 Fraud-Witness
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, presented its second witness, Ayotunde Solademi, a staff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Office of Legal Attache, United States Consulate, Lagos, in the ongoing trial of one Uchenna Igwegbe, who is being prosecuted on a three-count charge bordering on retention of proceeds of criminal conduct and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of $1,030,302.00, before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
One of the counts reads: “Uchenna Justice Igwegbe, sometime between July 2013 and November 2013 in Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, retained in your control the aggregate sum of $1,030,302.00 only through your account domiciled with First Bank, being proceeds of criminal conduct on behalf of Obinna Kelvin (now at large).”
Money Laundering: Court Adjourns Mompha’s Trial Till June 6
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Court Sends Fake American Widow to 3years Imprisonment in Ilorin
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The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Aderibigbe Sheu, a student of Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, for posing as a widow resident in the United States of America, USA, to defraud unsuspecting victims.
Aderibigbe, a native of Oshogbo, Osun State, was one of the 30 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Malete, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State on September 19, 2021 during a sting operation by operatives of the EFCC. He was charged on one count of cybercrime and retention of proceeds of crime before Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin.
Upon arraignment on Wednesday June 1, 2022, the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
Three Cyber-Fraudsters Jailed in Oyo
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The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 secured the conviction of the trio of Oluwaseyi Timileyin Agunbiade, Akande Hammed Oluwagbenga and Oguntoke Oluwadamilare Aremu before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, on one count charge each for offences which bordered on impersonation, contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) (i) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015.
The charge against Agunbiade reads: “That you, Oluwaseyi Timileyin Agunbiade, sometime in July, 2021, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to gain advantage for yourself did impersonate one Sabrina Mills, the pretext you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22(2) (b) (i) and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) (iv) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015.”
Auto Dealer Jailed 13Months for N2.8million Scam in Kano
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The Kano Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday June 1, 2022, secured the conviction of one Mukhtar Habib Ali before Justice Zuwaira Yusuf of the Kano State High Court on a three count charge of criminal breach of trust.
The convict fraudulently collected the sum of N2, 800,000 (Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira Only) for the purchase of Toyota Corolla from the United States since 2018 but diverted the money to his personal use.
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