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Fake Customs Officer Bags 20Years for Employment Scam in Ilorin
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Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, July 22, 2021 sentenced a self-styled customs officer, Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, to twenty years imprisonment having found him guilty of offences bordering on impersonation and job scam.
The convict, posing as a Customs Officer, allegedly swindled a number of unsuspecting job seekers under the guise of helping them secure employment into the Nigeria Custom service, NCS, before the long arm of law caught up with him.
The 34 year-old Yakubu from Share in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State was arraigned on March 14, 2019 on a four-count charge by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Court Jails Banker Two Years In Port Harcourt
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Justice P. M. Ayuba of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, July 19, 2021 convicted and sentenced a banker: Joshua Adeleye to two years imprisonment for conspiracy and failure to apply the principle of Know Your Customer (KYC).
The convict was jailed upon his arraignment by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on two-count amended charges bordering on conspiracy and failure to apply the principle of Know Your Customer (KYC) contrary to Section 27 (1) (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act ,2015 and punishable under Section 13 (1) of the same Act.
EFCC Arraigns Man for Credit Card Fraud in Lagos
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The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on July 19, 2021 arraigned one Ahmed Soetan Adebola before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
He was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on possession of document containing false pretence contrary to Section 318 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Lawyer in EFCC’s Net for Allegedly Forging Bail Documents
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The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Ewa Okpo Edmund, popularly known as ' Street Lawyer' for allegedly presenting forged medical report to procure the bail of his client, Noble Dainge Tamunoateli (a.k.a. Frederick Collins) an alleged internet fraudster currently under prosecution on charges bordering on criminal impersonation and possession of over N14 million suspected to be proceed of crime.
The offence is contrary to Section 22 (2)(b)(i) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention Etc ) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 ( 2 ) ( b ) ( iv ) of the same Act.
Court Sends Two Internet Fraudsters to Two Years in Prison
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The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today July 19, 2021 secured the conviction of two internet fraudsters - Noah Omoregbe (a.k.a Frank Mark) and Destiny Efewengbe (a.k.a William Scot ) before Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State.
The defendants were arraigned on one count charge each of personation and intent to defraud contrary to section 484 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 48 Laws of defunct Bendel State of Nigeria (as applicable in Edo State) 1976 and punishable under the same Law.
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