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Port Harcourt Court Sends Man to Jail for Impersonation
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Justice P. M. Ayuba of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced Nzebechi Precious Nnadi, to six months imprisonment for impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.
He was convicted in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, after pleading ‘guilty’ to one-count charge raised against him by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The count charge read:
Ex-Convict Bags Eight Months in Uyo
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has convicted and sentenced an ex-convict, Ekemini Akininyene Effiong to eight months imprisonment for criminal impersonation and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $75 (Seventy Five United States Dollars).
The convict was arraigned on Monday, May 30, 2022, alongside two others: Henry Izuchukwu Nze and Nze Francis Chike by the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. While Effiong and Chike were arraigned on two-count charges bordering on criminal impersonation and possession of fraudulent documents, Nze was arraigned on five-count charges bordering on criminal impersonation with intent to defraud.
When the charges were read to them, they all pleaded “guilty”.
Internet Fraudster Bags Jail Term, Forfeits Property To FG In Lagos
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The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 31, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Nuhu Zakari, who was arraigned on a one-count amended charge bordering on money laundering and internet fraud before Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
He was accused of acting as a middle man, who sourced for foreign bank accounts for other internet fraudsters.
He pleaded guilty to the amended charge.
Court Jails Chinese Two Years for Naira Mutilation
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The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday, May 31, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Li Lei Lei, a Chinese national, to 24 months imprisonment for mutilating the Nigerian currency before Justice I. Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The convict was arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on tampering of the Nigerian note, an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Establishment) Act.
Rights Commission Visit EFCC’s Maiduguri Command
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The Maiduguri Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Shuaibu Umar on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 restated the Commission’s adherence global best practices in the discharge of its mandate.
Umar disclosed this when the Coordinator, National Human Rights Commission, Borno State, Jummai Usman Myshelia, visited the Command as part of the nationwide statutory audit of Correctional/Custodial Centres.
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