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EFCC Bemoans Lax Regulation of Real Estate Sector
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Wednesday August 25, 2021 appealed to the House of Representatives to insist on the enforcement of regulations by relevant authorities as a way of checking sharp practices and money laundering by operators in the real estate sector.
He made the appeal when he received members of the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee Investigating Real Estate Developers led by the Chairman, Honourable Blessing Onyeche Onuh, at the headquarters of the Commission in Jabi, Abuja.
EFCC Arraigns Man for Fraud in Lagos
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 arraigned one Osas Eledan, before Justice T.G. Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on a five count charge bordering on possession of documents containing false pretence.
One of the count reads: “That you, Osas Eledan, between June, 2021 and July, 2021 in Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, had in your possession a document containing false pretence to wit; a Manager’s Cheque, dated 28 April 2021, purportedly emanating from Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, an information you ought to know is false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 and 5 (1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.”
Court Sends 27 Fraudsters, Three Others to Jail in Port Harcourt
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It was a harvest of convictions for the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday August 25, 2021 as 27 fraudsters and three others were convicted and sentenced to jail by Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The three others were convicted for perversion of justice.
The convicted Internet fraudsters were arraigned separately on one count charge bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false pretences.
Car Dealer Docked for N2m Fraud - EFCC Uyo
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Command on Wednesday August 25, 2021 arraigned a car dealer, Daniel Idowu Tomitope, before Justice Achibong Achibong of the Akwa Ibom State High Court, Uyo, for alleged conversion of the sum of Two Million Naira (N2, 000, 000.00).
The charge reads, “That you Idowu Daniel Tomitope sometime in April 2020 at Uyo within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did convert the sum of Two Million Naira (N2, 000, 000.00) only being payment for two (2) Toyota Camry vehicles from one Mr. Effiom .O.Edet, for your personal use”.
NANS Pledges Support for EFCC
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has promised to collaborate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the fight against Internet fraud
The umbrella body of Nigerian students made the pledge in Ibadan on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 during a courtesy visit to the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC.
Led by the Coordinator, South West Zone D, Comrade Kowe Odunayo Amos, the team expressed the association’s satisfaction with the Commission’s effort at ridding Nigeria of economic and financial crimes, and affirmed its readiness to collaborate with EFCC to fight internet fraud across the nation’s tertiary institutions.
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