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EFCC Arrests Seven Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Abuja
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Gwagwalada and Lugbe areas of Abuja.
The suspects: Endurance Oziegbe Eraikhuemen, Ugochukwu Teddy Ezenwa, Godsgift Oghenekome Odheyibo, Micheal Ariyo, Lawal Waliyu, Evan Abu and Sunday Mba were arrested based on credible intelligence worked upon by the EFCC.
Items recovered from them are different brands of mobile phones and computer devices.
Two Internet Fraudsters Jailed in Uyo
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Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State has convicted and sentenced two cyber criminals: Adolor Ikpomwosa, a.k.a Olivia Dockrey and Idaah Precious Idaah, a.k.a Katrina Jade, to one year, six months imprisonment for criminal impersonation with intent to defraud.
They were convicted on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on fraudulent impersonation and obtaining by false pretence, preferred against them by the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Two Internet Fraudsters Sentenced To Community Service In Lagos
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The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of two internet fraudsters, John Austin and Alebiosu Rasheed Salam, before Justice O.A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
The convicts were separately arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on the use of fraudulent documents to engage in online dating scam, through which they defrauded their unsuspecting victims.
They both separately pleaded guilty to the one-count charge.
Court Orders Interim Seizure of NOK University, Other Properties linked to a Former Federal Director of Accounts
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, ordered the interim forfeiture of every asset of NOK University, based in Kaduna.
The University, built by a former Director of Finance and Accounts, DFA, in the Federal Ministry of Health, Anthony Hassan, was suspected to have been built from the proceeds of unlawful activities traced to its owner.
Hassan, who was a DFA in the ministry between 2016 and 2019 allegedly built the University through fraudulent means. Physical assets of the University forfeited include Senate building, ICT building, Faculty of Medicine building, Science Deanery building, two Academic buildings , a Faculty Hall and other buildings.
Man Arraigned for Land Fraud in Makurdi
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The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 arraigned one Terwase Iorchor before Justice Abdu Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining N630,000 ( Six Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira) by false pretence.
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