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Property Manager Arraigned for N132m Fraud
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office today arraigned one Ifeanyi Israel, Managing Director of UI Properties Limited before Justice J.E. Obanor of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja for offences bordering on criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N132, 503,000 (One Hundred and Thirty Two Million Five Hundred and Three Thousand Naira only).
The one count charge reads: “that you Ifeanyi Israel and UI Properties Ltd sometime in 2006 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, being entrusted to collect and remit rent from tenants from 6 properties at Wuse Zone 6, Utako, Garki in Abuja and Lekki Phase 1 in Lagos by one Dr. J.K Okoye received a total sum of N132,503,000 000 (One Hundred and Thirty Two Million Five Hundred and Three Thousand Naira only) from the tenants, dishonestly misappropriated the stated sum to your own use and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 311 and punishable under section 312 of the Penal Code Act, Laws of the Federation (Abuja)”.
EFCC Arrests Six Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Port Harcourt
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 arrested six suspected internet fraudsters, at No. 2 Elewowrks Close, off First Avenue by Las Vegas Bus Stop, Rumuibekwe, Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The suspects: Kingsley Peters; Christian Ndibe; Kingsley Dominic; Marvin Dominic, Ogbonda Deric, and Morgan Chinda were all arrested based on verified intelligence by the EFCC. Preliminary investigations linked them with suspected internet fraud.
EFCC Nabs Alleged Job Scammer in Abuja
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on June 22, 2021 arrested one Umar Sale for allegedly attempting to defraud one Umar Mohammed Goniri over promises of offering him employment with the EFCC.
Sale was picked up by operatives of the EFCC at the agency’s visitors’ gate at Jabi Abuja, when he arrived to keep an appointment he had fixed with the victim.
The lid on the scam was blown following a complaint by Goniri, that the suspect accosted him by the visitor’s entrance and requested the sum of N50, 000.00 from him, to facilitate his employment with the EFCC. He further disclosed that the suspect had scheduled another meeting with him later that day for him to pay the money requested.
Alleged N220m Contract Scam: How Ope Saraki Refurbished, Converted Toyota Hiace Buses to Ambulances – EFCC witness
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The trial of a former Special Assistant to the Kwara State Governor on Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Alhaji Ope Saraki, resumed on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 with the 3rd prosecution witness, PW3, Dr. John Adeyeye Abiodun telling the court how the defendant introduced him to Chemiroy Nigeria Limited and how both agreed to refurbish and convert thirteen Toyota Hiace Buses to Ambulances.
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Saraki on two counts bordering on contract scam before Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the State High Court sitting in Ilorin.
Company Executive Arraigned for N2.4m Job Scam in Abuja
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Office, on Tuesday June 28, 2021 arraigned one Mahmood Bello Abubakar, Managing Director of A.M Bello Nigeria Limited before Justice Bello Kawu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kubwa, Abuja for allegedly obtaining N2.4million (Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira) from on Moses Okpara on the pretext of securing Federal Government jobs for his children and acquaintances.
The offence is contrary to section 1(1) (a) and punishable under section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.
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