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Two Jailed for Multi-million Naira Internet Fraud in Jigawa
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of the duo of Olalekan Adekola Adeojo and Theophilus Ehoghcho Opanachi to six and five months imprisonment respectively before Justice Husaina Adamu Aliyu of the Jigawa State High Court on a four count charge each bordering on cheating and obtaining by false pretense.
The convicts who are graduates of Federal University, Dutse Jigawa State, were arrested on the 3rd June, 2022 by the operatives of Department of State Services, Dutse, Jigawa State, following an intelligence report on the involvement of some youth in internet-related frauds at Mallam Inuwa Dutse Housing Estate Danmasara Quarters.
They were subsequently handed over to the Commission for further investigation.
Court Sends Fraudster to Three Years Imprisonment in Benin ..Loses House, Car, money in Five Bank Accounts to Victims
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Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin on Wednesday July 20, 2022, convicted and sentenced Abudu Gentle Osarobo to three years imprisonment for fraud.
Osarobo was arraigned on one count charge by the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC for fraudulent impersonation and obtaining by false pretence. He had impersonated one Barry Carson, a US military officer to defraud his victim.
The charge against Osarobo reads: “That you, Abudu Gentle Osarobo (m) sometime between 2018 and September, 2021 in Benin City, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud represent yourself to be Barry Carson, a US military officer and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 484 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 48 Laws of Bendel State of Nigeria (As Applicable in Edo State) 1976”.
Dismissed Soldier, One Other Arraigned for N31m Fraud in Maiduguri
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Justice Musa Mustapha of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Tijjani Mohammed Bulama to six month imprisonment on a one count amended charge of criminal misappropriation.
Bulama, a Point of Sale, POS operator, was prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following his investigation for criminally diverting a sum of N1.5m which a customer had asked him to transfer to another recipient.
Anti-graft War: EFCC, Police Radio to Collaborate to Boost Public Engagement
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Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that the EFCC would continue to partner with relevant stakeholders to boost public involvement and more effective enlightenment about the menace of corruption.
He stated this on Monday, July 18, 2022 while receiving the Head of Station, Nigeria Police Radio, Andrew Aniamaka. According to him, the radio is one of the best medium of dissemination of information and its potentials should be harnessed to promote anti-corruption campaigns.
The EFCC’s Chairman, who spoke through the Commission’s Director of Operations, Abdulkarim Chukkol explained that: “We are ready to grab every opportunity to ensure that our programmes and information are properly disseminated, because there are a lot of fake stories out there and if we don’t talk about our own stories the way it should be told, nobody will know.”
Internet Fraudster Lands in Jail, Loses Car to FG in Ilorin
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The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Abdulrahman Kayode Wasiu for offences bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities,
Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment, having found him guilty of the one-count charge brought against him by the EFCC.
Abdulrahman between November 2020 and November 2021, allegedly had in his possession a sum of N4, 326.000.00 (Four Million, Three Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand Naira Only) suspected to be proceed of unlawful activities.
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