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EFCC Re-arraigns Three FIRS Directors, Six Other Officers for N4.5bn Fraud
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 re-arraigned Peter Hena, former Coordinating Director of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS and eight other officers of the agency before Justice Toyin Bolaji Adegoke of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The others are Mohammed Bello Auta (Director of Finance), Amina Sidi (Finance and Account Department), Umar Aliyu Aduka (Internal Audit), Mbura Mustapha (Deputy Manager), Obi Okeke Malachy (Services Group), Obaje Napoleon Adofu (Head of Budget), Udo-Inyang Effiong Alfred (Officer II) and Benjamin Jiya (Assistant Director).
Court Sends Real Estate Agent to Prison in Gombe
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The Gombe Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 secured the conviction of Yakubu Kala, a real estate agent in Gombe, Gombe State.
Kala was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment by Justice Halima S. Mohammed of Gombe State High Court, Gombe for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence and forgery.
The convict was arrested on the strength of a petition alleging that he tricked the victim to part with over N6,000,000 ( Six Million Naira) for the purchase of a house based on the false representation and collected the sum of N300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira) as part of his commission for the said deal.
Student Bags 2 Years for Internet Fraud in Enugu
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Enugu Zonal Office today June 22, 2021 secured the conviction of one Onyia David Ugochukwu before Justice I .M Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu, on a one count charge bordering on criminal impersonation with the intent to defraud.
The suspect and his friends were arrested in a sting operation at the Independence Layout Area of Enugu on Saturday June 4, 2021 following credible intelligence received about their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.
Bawa Talks Tough, Vows PMS Smugglers Will Face Full Wrath of the Law
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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC Abdulrasheed Bawa on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 vowed that smugglers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the country will face the full wrath of the law.
Bawa issued this stern warning in a remark at a stakeholders’ engagement on high PMS evacuation, code named “Operation White 2“at the NNPC Towers, Abuja.
The anti-corruption czar said the issue of smuggling of petroleum products in the country is worrisome, assuring that the EFCC is fully committed to the special operation designed to check the activities of the economic saboteurs.
Ex- Banker Jailed for N.5m Fraud in Maiduguri …Another, One Year over N83, 000 Scam
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The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence to one year imprisonment of one Hannatu Nuhu before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a one count amended charge which bordered on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira).
She was arraigned on Monday, June 21, 2021 and pleaded guilty to the charge.
The amended charge reads “That you Hannatu Nuhu, sometime in 2019 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did dishonesty misappropriate the gross sum of N500, 000.00 (five hundred thousand naira) and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 308 of the Penal Code Cap 102 Laws of Borno State of Nigeria and punishable under Section 309 of the same law.”
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