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$700 Scam: Court Remands Suspect in Prison
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Justice S. I. Mark of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has ordered the remand of an internet fraud suspect, Nwosu Gospel Light, in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre, pending the determination of his bail application.
Light on Wednesday July 20, 2022 pleaded not guilty to a two count charge impersonation and obtaining money by false pretense brought against him by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Nwosu Gospel Light on or about 15th of January, 2022 at Port Harcourt, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars ($700USD ) only from one Doren, a Netherland Citizen, under the false pretense that you are investing in Crypto Currency business for him, a pretext you knew to be false and thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act”.
EFCC Arrests 24 Suspected Illegal Oil Bunkerers in Port Harcourt
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command, have arrested twenty-four (24) individuals in connection with suspicious illegal oil bunkering.
They were arrested on Monday, July 18, 2022 at Abonima wharf area, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where suspected illegally refined petroleum products, ferried across rivers are offloaded and trans-loaded into vehicles and trucks for distribution within Rivers state and other states.
The suspects are: Biokpor Kparango, Peace Udofia, Williams Niyabe, Sufiyanu A. Sale, Ibinabo Sila, Precious Christopher, God is Great Anna, Api Eli, Sabath Orubo, Life Sunday, Paul West and Obi Omini.
$3.5M Fraud: EFCC Extradites FBI Wanted Internet Fraud Suspect to US
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A wire fraud suspect, Fatade Idowu Olamilekan on wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, was on Thursday July 14, 2022, extradited to the United States for allegedly stealing over Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($3.5M) worth of equipment in various cities across the US.
His extradition was coordinated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, following a notice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI New York, through the US Legal Attache for his role in impersonating various cities, state and academic institutions across the United States.
Court Jails Truck Driver for Oil Theft in Uyo
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Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Monday, July 18, 2022, convicted and sentenced a truck driver, Ime Asuquo Akpan to three months imprisonment for dealing in petroleum products without an appropriate license.
Akpan had on May 21, 2022 pleaded 'guilty' to a one count charge preferred against him by the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, and was remanded at the Correctional Centre, Uyo, as the court reserved judgment for July 18, 2022.
Sokoto Court Sends Two Fraudsters to Prison for ATM Fraud
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Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court has convicted and sentenced Abdulmajeed Habeeblah and Nana Hauwau Umar to three years imprisonment each, for committing an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, fraud.
They were convicted on Monday, July 18, 2022 after pleading guilty to two count charges bordering on criminal conspiracy and theft, upon being arraigned by the Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
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