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SERVICOM Commends EFCC on Service Delivery
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The National Coordinator of the Service Compact with All Nigerians, SERVICOM, Nnenna Akajemeli on Thursday, July 8, 2021 commended The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for efficient service delivery.
The SERVICOM boss made the commendation during an advocacy visit to the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.
She stated the need to build trust in the government through efficient service delivery and commended the commission for the milestones already achieved. She however, stressing the need for standardization in the key areas of service by the EFCC (Investigation service, legal and prosecution service and prevention service) to moderate public expectation of the agency.
EFCC Arraigns Three Businessmen for Fraud in Maiduguri
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The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 8, 2021 arraigned three businessmen Lawan Karta, Aisami Sherif and Babagana Bulama, before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri for the offences bordering on criminal conspiracy, misappropriation, and obtaining money under false pretence.
Karta and Sherif were jointly arraigned on a two-count charge for allegedly selling a purported plot of land to one Mohammed Umar Bolori in the sum of N10, 000, 000.00 (Ten Million Naira).
EFCC Arraigns Port Harcourt Medical Doctor For Alleged N2.1m Job Scam
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The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a medical practitioner: Dr. Eze Ekwealor before Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for suspected employment scam to the tune of N2,180,000( Two Million, One Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira only).
He was arraigned on Monday, July 5, 2021 on eight-count charges bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and forgery contrary to Section 1(1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act. 2006 and punishable under Section (1) (3) of the same Act.
Cybercrime: Unilorin Final-year Student Bags 3years Imprisonment Over N35m Fraud
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Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, July 8, 2021 sentenced Giwa Nurudeen, a 25-year-old final year student of the University of Ilorin, to three years imprisonment having found him guilty of offences bordering on internet scam.
He was arraigned today by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a three-count charge of internet fraud.
Giwa, a native of Ibadan, ran into problem on May 4, 2021 when operatives of the EFCC received credible intelligence about the activities of some suspected internet fraudsters operating around Tanke Area of Ilorin, an action which led to his arrest.
Court Jails Three for Internet Fraud in Makurdi
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office on Thursday July 8, 2021 secured the conviction of one John Padre Akor and one Aondoaver Aondoseer,
before Justice Abdu Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State on one-count separate charge bordering on criminal impersonation and obtaining money from foreign nationals under false pretence.
The offence is contrary to Section 33(5) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under the same Act.
The charge against Akor reads, "That you, John Padre Akor Nigerian, male, adult, on or about the 22nd day of September 2020 in Makurdi, Benue State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud one John Smith of the United States of America, obtained control over a card as security for debt and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 33(5) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015".
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