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EFCC Arraigns Man for N19m Fraud in Maiduguri
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, arraigned one Muhammad Abdullahi Kulloma and Mbuta Criterion Nigerian Limited before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on a two count charge of obtaining Nineteen Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N19, 950,000) by false pretence.
The defendant fraudulently collected the sum from one Abdulwahad Abba Aji as payment for contract awarded the second defendant to supply water pumps to Norwegian Refugee Council, a Non-Governmental Organisation.
EFCC Receives Five Alleged Oil Thieves, Truck, Tugboat from Navy in Port Harcourt
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Command, today March 14, 2022, took over a metal barge, Kanye, a tugboat, MV BONNY RIVER, five (5) Crew members and a DAF truck with registration number JEG 206 XB, from the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder at Rumuolumeni in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The crew of Victor Elias, Lawrence Atteng, Promise Barykpe, Kingsley Onatie and Israel Praise God were arrested aboard the tugboat for allegedly dealing in petroleum products without requisite license.
The Commander, NNS Pathfinder, U. A. Sidi, who handed over the suspects, said that they were arrested on the 22nd of January, 2022 at Kilometer 14 along Bile, Rivers State for alleged illegal oil bunkering activity. “At the time of arrest, the barge was laden with an unspecified quantity of products suspected to be illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO)”, he said.
Law Graduate Convicted over Ponzi Scheme
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The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on March 14, 2022, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Ekuma-Ezeogo Fabian Tochukwu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, for criminal misappropriation.
Trouble started for the defendant when he created a fake Facebook account using the name, Ogboi Ijeoma to defraud victims and lured one Duniya Precious Theophilu and her friends into investing N170, 000.00 in an online Ponzi investment scheme called Jian Investment. After the payments, the defendant blocked the complainant from further communication.
Two Cybercriminals Jailed in Oyo
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Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, March 14, 2022 convicted and sentenced the duo of Ademuyiwa Basit Olamilekan and Opeyemi John Abiola on a separate one count charge each which bordered on cybercrime.
Olamilekan was arraigned before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, while Abiola was docked before Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court.
The charge against Olamilekan reads: “That you, Ademuyiwa Basit Olamilekan (aka Janet Brown) between May and August, 2021, at Ibadan Judicial Division of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, fraudulently impersonated an American lady via your email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., a document containing false pretence, to wit: sending the photograph of a white American female: wherein you represented yourself as a white female who goes by the name of “Jenet Brown,” to one Mike Good an American man with whom you claimed to be in love and ready to marry him, thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) (i) and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015.”
Alleged $1.4m Fraud: Court Reserves Ruling on Defendant’s Bail Application Till March 21
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, reserved ruling on the bail application filed by one Kolawole Adedayo Erinle till March 21, 2022.
Erinle, was arraigned alongside his firm, Rinde-Remdex Nigeria Limited, on March 11, 2022 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an amended three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, retention of proceeds of criminal conduct, and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of $1,410,000 (One Million Four-Hundred and Ten Thousand United States Dollars).
The defendant is alleged to have defrauded the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCUMB) in the United States of about $1,412,509 USD.
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