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“Director” Bags 20year for N10.1m Scam in Sokoto
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Justice Mohammad Saidu Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court has convicted and sentenced a fraudster, Bashir Muazu, to 20 years in prison on two separate charges bordering on criminal breach of trust, cheating and obtaining money by false pretence.
In the first charge, Muazu, a 46 year-old indigene of Sokoto State, was alleged to have fraudulently obtained the sum of N5,280,000 (Five Million Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira) from one Dr. Aliyu Ladan on the guise of supplying him 600 bags of fertilizer.
EFCC Docks Serial Fraudster, Gora, Others for N525m Fraud in Lagos
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The Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 6, 2021, arraigned Philemon Gora, Osigwe Edison, Gracious Environ Workers Limited & Planners Nigeria Limited before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on a 10-count charge bordering on stealing, conspiracy to obtain by false witness and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N525million.
The first defendant, Gora, was arrested by the EFCC in July 2021, following a petition alleging that he used one of his front companies, Gracious Environ Workers & Planners Nigeria Limited, to obtain the sum of N525m from a traditional ruler, Kabiyesi Jacob Esan of Ijesa, Osun State and owner of Liberitas Plc, with the assurance of helping him convert it to the United Arab Emirate, UAE, Dirham.
Court Adjourns Pastor’s Alleged $1.6m Dud Cheque Trial Till Jan. 20
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, on Friday, December 3, 2021, adjourned till January 20, 2022 for adoption of written addresses in relation to the no-case submission filed by one Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun, a self-acclaimed Lagos-based pastor.
Oluokun was arraigned alongside his company, Peak Petroleum Industry Nigeria Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheques to the tune of $1.6 million.
Man Arraigned for N42m Investment Scam in Makurdi
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The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Shagbaor Jeremiah before Justice Abdu Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on a four count charge for allegedly obtaining Forty Two Million Naira (N42, 000,000.00) by false pretence.
The defendant allegedly used an unregistered investment company, Monipoint Morsha Finance Limited, to defraud subscribers who were promised 1% daily returns on every N1000 invested.
EFCC Arrests 3 Suspects with 1,144 ATM Cards at Kano Airport
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The Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards out of the country.
The suspects: Abdullahi Usman, Musa Abubakar and Abdulwahid Auwalu, were arrested between November 24 and December 1, 2021.
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