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Internet Fraudster Bags Two Years Jail Term in Warri ... Court Convicts Another in Benin
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Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, on Tuesday November 23, 2021 convicted and sentenced one Efosa Desmond to two years imprisonment for fraudulent impersonation.
Desmond was arraigned on one count charge by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The defendant had sometime in February, 2021 impersonated the identities of James Riches and Jeffery Owen with the intent to defraud one Susan Roggenbuck in contravention of Section 22(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Cybercrimes ( Prohibition Prevention, Etc) Act 2015 and punishable under same Act.
Ekiti State Water Corporation Staff, Four Others Jailed for Cyber Fraud in Ilorin
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Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 convicted a 25-year-old staff of the Ekiti State Water Corporation, Opeyemi Akinluyi, for offences bordering on cyber fraud.
Akinluyi, a native of Ijan-Ekiti in Ekiti State was convicted alongside Ajibade Timileyin Emmanuel and Ezekiel Oluwaseun Temitope from Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Also convicted were Abbas Olatayo Ojo from Igbeti, Oyo State and one Kareem Quadri.
The convicts were prosecuted on separate charges by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before different Justices of both the Federal High Court and Kwara State High Court in Ilorin.
Serial Fraudster Bags Six Months Jail Term for Contract Scam in Borno
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, secured the conviction and sentencing of one David Osigbe Irumekhei to six months imprisonment before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri for his involvement in a contract scam.
The convict was arraigned on separate amended one count charges, bordering on cheating to the tune of N22.9million (Twenty Two Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) and N5million (Five Million Naira) respectively.
Alleged NDDC Fraud: Mutu Presented Forged Documents - Witness
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The fraud trial of Nicholas Mutu Ebomo, former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, continued on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 before Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the fourth prosecution witness, Adamu Yusuf, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, continuing his examination-in-chief.
Ebomo is being prosecuted alongside, Airworld Technologies Ltd and Airworld Technologies Ltd, for allegedly receiving gratification for influencing an NDDC contract for the collection of statutory levies from oil and gas companies in the Niger Delta.
Serial Fraudster Bags Six Months Jail Term for Contract Scam in Borno
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, secured the conviction and sentencing of one David Osigbe Irumekhei to six months imprisonment before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri for his involvement in a contract scam.
The convict was arraigned on separate amended one count charges, bordering on cheating to the tune of N22.9million (Twenty Two Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) and N5million (Five Million Naira) respectively.
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