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Court Jails Fake Army General 7 Years For N266.5m Fraud in Lagos
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, Thursday, July 8, 2022 convicted and sentenced one Bolarinwa Abiodun, a fake Army General to seven years in prison 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 Fraud 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.
EFCC Rescues an Alleged Kidnapped Yahoo Apprentice in Abuja
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 1, 2022, rescued an alleged kidnapped yahoo-yahoo apprentice, 17-year-old Destiny Peter from an apartment in Mpape, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Peter had on July 1, 2022 contacted the EFCC on its official twitter handle,@officialEFCC, narrating how some yahoo-yahoo boys kidnapped him and intended to use him for rituals.
He was guided to send a screenshot of his location to the Commission, using the Google Location App in his Android phone.
Man Convicted for N3.7 Recharge Card Scam in Kaduna
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The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on June 6, 2022 secured the conviction of one Hamisu Umar before Justice A.A Bello on a one count charge bordering on cheating.
The defendant allegedly obtained MTN recharge cards worth N3, 749,950 (Three Million, Seven Hundred and Forty Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty Naira) from an acquaintance on credit, but refused to pay back.
Two Juvenile Internet Fraudsters Bag Suspended Jail Terms
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Justice N.I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nassarawa State has convicted and sentenced two under-aged internet fraudsters: Akhetuamhen Clinton, 15, and Obinyan Peter, 17, to different suspended jail terms, for cybercrime.
They were both jailed on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 after pleading guilty to one count separate charge bordering on cybercrime, upon their arraignment by the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
NASREA Seeks EFCC’s Support in Staff Training, Custodial Facility
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The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NASREA, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to offer support services to it in the areas of staff training and custodial facility for its suspects.
This request was made by its Director General, Professor Aliyu Jauro who paid a Courtesy Visit to the EFCC at the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja. Jauro says that his agency is challenged in the areas of staff training in law enforcement and holding facility for its suspects and sought the EFCC’s assistance in that regard.
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