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POS Operator Bags Six Months Jail Term for Fraud in Maiduguri
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A High Court in Maiduguri, Borno State, today, November 11, 2021 convicted and sentenced one Yusuf Abubakar to six months imprisonment for the theft of N600, 000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand Naira).
Justice Aisha Kumaliya, convicted Yusuf on a two-count charge preferred against him by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The convict who is a POS operator, on the pretext of carrying out a ‘mobile banking’ transaction, fraudulently transferred the sum of N600, 000.00 to his personal account from the account of one Isa Jibrin without his consent.
PCC, EFCC To Deepen Cooperation
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The Public Complaints Commission, PCC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have restated their resolve to further strengthen the existing cooperation and partnership between them.
This indication was the high point of discussion on Thursday, November 11, 2021 when the Commissioner, PCC, Lagos Office, Hafeez Odunewu, paid a courtesy visit to the Office of the Lagos Zonal Commander of EFCC, Ahmed Ghali.
Odunewu, who was accompanied by his Director of Investigations and other members of staff, said: “The PCC seeks to curb administrative injustice within the society.
Court Sends Three Internet Fraudsters to Jail in Benin City
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Command on November 8, 2021 secured the conviction of three internet Fraudsters, Sunday Osamulu , Faithful Omagbeni and Ugiagbe Kennedy Hakeem on one count charge each bordering on fraudulent impersonation before Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City.
Hakeem, Osamulu and Omagbeni were arraigned for offences bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false pretences. The trio were said to have fraudulently impersonated the identities of foreign nationals to defraud unsuspecting victims.
EFCC Arraigns Accountant for Alleged N19m Fraud
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal. Command on Monday, November 8, 2021 arraigned one Emmanuel Eromosele Okojie, on a nine count charge bordering on stealing before Justice A.O. Akpovi of the Delta State High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State.
Okojie is alleged to have sometime in 2018 while serving as manager and accountant of Carlaw Guest House and Conference Centre stole the aggregate sum of Nineteen Million, Five Hundred and Three Thousand, One Hundred and Forty-three Naira, Forty-seven Kobo (N19, 503,143.47), contrary to section 383(1) of the Criminal Code law Cap C21, Laws of Delta State of Nigeria and punishable under same law.
Fake Lottery Agent, One Other to Spend Six Months in Jail for Internet Fraud in Ilorin
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Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday, November 11, 2021 convicted a 21 year-old Okolie Francis Uchena from Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State of offences bordering on internet fraud.
Okolie, who claimed to be a Lottery Agent with Facebook was convicted alongside one Adeyemo Adewale Quadri from Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State on similar offence.
The duo, who were prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFC, on separate charges contrary to Section 321 and punishable under Section 324 of the Penal Code Law, pleaded guilty to the charge.
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