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19-Year-Old Facebook Scammer Jailed in Abuja
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A 19-year-old school dropout and Facebook scammer, Agbo Emmanuel was on Thursday July 14, 2022, convicted and handed a one year suspended sentence by Justice N.I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
He was convicted after pleading guilty to the one count charge preferred against him by the Abuja Zonal Command of the EFCC.
The charge reads, “That you Agbo Emmanuel sometime in 2022 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court through your Facebook account fraudulently impersonated one Wei Shang with intent to gain advantage for yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) (i) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) of the same Act”.
Instagram Fraudster jailed in Abuja
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Thursday July 14, 2022, arraigned one Isaac Wulko Aliu before Justice N.I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lafia Nasarawa State for alleged cybercrime.
He was arraigned by the Abuja Zonal Command on a one count charge of fraudulent impersonation to defraud some foreigners.
The charge reads, “That you, Isaac Wulko Aliu sometime in 2022 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, through Instagram Application fraudulently impersonated one Andy-uk86 who is living in America with intent to gain advantage for yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) (i) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) (iv) of the same Act”.
N6.2bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Jonah Jang’s Case for Judgment
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Justice C.L Dabup of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, has adjourned the ongoing trial of a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah David Jang and a former cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (OSSG), Yusuf Pam, for judgment.
He made the adjournment on Thursday, July 14, 2022 after the adoption of final written addresses by both the prosecution and defence counsel.
Jang and Pam are facing trial for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N6.3 billion.
At the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday, counsel to the first defendant ( Jonah Jang), Mike Ozekhome, SAN adopted his final written address and urged the court to discharge and acquit his client.
Court Jails Internet Fraudster in Warri
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Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri on Wednesday July 13, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Atarhe Ochuko Nelson to one year imprisonment for fraud.
Nelson was arraigned on one count charge by the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC for fraudulent impersonation. He impersonated Steven Paul, an American doctor, to defraud unsuspecting victims.
N10m Fraud: Court Dismisses No-Case Submission, Orders Ex Banker To Open Defence
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday July 13, 2022, dismissed the no-case submission brought before the court by one Babatunde Keshinro, a former head, commercial banking with one of the first generation banks in Nigeria and ordered him to open his defence.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Keshinro on a nine-count charge bordering on forgery and stealing to the tune of N10million.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Keshinro Babatunde, on or about 2016 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, dishonestly converted to your own use the total sum of N10,000,000 (Ten Million Naira), property of Alhaji Ganiyu Kola Oseni, thereby committed an offence contrary to Sections 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, No. 11,2015.”
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