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EFCC Presents First Witness Against Suspect In Alleged €211, 000 Fraud
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The trial of one Ifekwu Dominic continued before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on April 11, 2022, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting its first witness against him.
Dominic is being prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money by false pretence, obtaining by false pretence, and possession of documents containing false pretence.
Alleged N266.5m Fraud: EFCC Docks Fake Army General Who Claimed Buhari Nominated Him As COAS
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The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 11, 2022, arraigned one Bolarinwa Abiodun, a fake Army General, before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a 13-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of documents and possession of documents containing false pretence to the tune of N266, 500,000.
The offences are contrary to Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act 2006; Section 363 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act No 14 of 2006, respectively.
Abuja Court Convicts Fraudster
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Justice Y. Halilu of the FCT High Court, Maitama, on Monday, April 11, 2022 convicted and sentenced one Izoduwa Osemwegie, to two months in prison for internet related fraud. The 20-year-old student pleaded guilty to one count criminal charge preferred against him by the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The one count charge reads, ‘that you Izoduwa Osemwegie sometime in 2021 at Abuja, within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory cheat by personation when you created an Instagram account with the account name Steven McLean posing as a legitimate trader from Canada, and under the assumed character obtained the sum of €150 (One Hundred and Fifty Euros) from Huseyin, a Briton and €400 (Four Hundred Euros) from Jonathan, a Turkish citizen under the pretext that you are a legitimate Bitcoin trader, a fact you knew to be false and thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Law (Cap. 89 Laws of Northern Nigeria) and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law”. He pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against him.
EFCC Docks Man for N1.1m Fraud in Maiduguri
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 11, 2022, arraigned one Bukar Shehu before Justice Fadawu Umaru of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-three count charge bordering on theft, computer related fraud and identity theft to the tune of N1.115, 000 ( One Million, One Hundred and Fifteen Thousand Naira).
Shehu was arrested following a petition by one Adama Muhammad Lawan alleging that the defendant found her lost phone and used the device to make unauthorized withdrawals from her account.
Alaka, Juju Scam Kingpin, Others Arraigned for N250m Fraud, Remanded in Prison
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the trio of Alaka Abayomi Kamaldeen (alias Awise), Taiwo Fatai Olamilekan Ahmed(alias Ifa) and Akinola Bukola Augustina, a suspected syndicate of juju fraudsters, before Justice Adeyemi Ajayi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, sitting in Abuja, on two -count charges bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretense to the tune of N250,000,000. (Two Hundred and Fifty Million Naira).
The trio were arraigned on March 31, 2022 for obtaining the sum of N250 Million under a false pretence of offering local sacrifices to heal a petitioner of a protracted ailment.
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