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Appeal Court Dismisses Ex-NHIS Boss, Olufemi Thomas’s No-case Submission
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Thursday, September 30, 2021, dismissed the application filed by Dr. Olufemi Martins Thomas, a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, seeking to stop the alleged $2,198,900 fraud charges leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Thomas was re-arraigned alongside one Kabiru Sidi, a Bureau De Change operator, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an amended seven-count charge of money laundering to the tune of $2,198,900.00 before Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Anti-graft War: Australia Pledges Support to EFCC
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The Australian government has pledged to support the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the fight against economic and financial crimes. The Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. John Donnelly, made the pledge on Thursday, September 30, 2021 during a courtesy visit to the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja.
The High Commissioner said that he was impressed with the Commission's Annual Report and the achievements of Bawa in his 100 Days in office, adding that he has seen how prepared the Commission was, in tackling corruption.
Man Bags Six Month Jail for N.9m Scam in Kaduna
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has convicted and sentenced one Yakubu Samaila before Justice M.T. M Aliyu of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna for fraudulently withdrawing the sum of N 935,000 ( Nine Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand Naira) from the account of one Isiyaku Yawale, domiciled at Keystone Bank without his consent,
Investigation by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC revealed that the defendant fraudulently did a welcome back on the SIM card of Yawale, his neighbor, and upon discovering that the victim had N935, 000 (Nine Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand Naira) in his bank account, the defendant obtained the NIN slip, bank verification details and falsely swore to an affidavit in the name of the complainant and used the details to open two accounts with one of the new generation banks. Thereafter, he transferred money in twenty two tranches from the victim’s account.
Court Convicts Two Fraudsters in Abeokuta
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Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 convicted Alade Oluwasegun Kolawole and Tosin Kunle Kehinde on separate one count charge of fraudulent impersonation brought against them by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The offence is contrary to Section 22(2) (b) (i) and is punishable under Section 22(2) (b)(iv) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act, 2015.
The defendants pleaded guilty to the charges upon arraignment.
Ado-Ekiti Courier Worker Gets 6months Jail for Yahoo Scam in Ilorin
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The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 secured the conviction of one Akinluyi Damilola Gabriel, a worker currently in the employ of Tranex Courier service, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, for internet-related fraud and love scam.
Akinluyi, 29, was prosecuted on one count before Justice Mohammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin.
He was among the 34 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in different locations of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State Capital on March 8, 2021.
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