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Court Adjourns Trial of Alleged N17.4m, $6,300 Fraud to June 1…as Suspect Gets N5m Bail
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Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has adjourned the trial of one Nanpan Salihu Yaniyang, who is being prosecuted for an alleged N17,449,000 (Seventeen Million Four Hundred and Forty-nine Thousand Naira) and $6,300 (Six Thousand Three Hundred United States Dollars) fraud till Tuesday, June 1, 2021.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, had brought Yaniyang before the trial judge on Monday, March 22, 2021, on a four-count charge bordering on stealing and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N17,449,000 (Seventeen Million Four Hundred and Forty-nine Thousand Naira) and $6,300 (Six Thousand Three Hundred United States Dollars).
EFCC, NSCDC to Enhance Cooperation in Training and Intelligence Sharing
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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 reiterated the Commission’s commitment to partner more closely with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, especially in the areas of training and sharing of intelligence.
He gave assurance when he received the Commandant-General of the Corps, Ahmad Abubakar Audi at the Commission’s headquarters, Jabi Abuja.
Man Bags Three Months Imprisonment for Fraud
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja presided over by Justice Peter Affen on March 25, 2021 sentenced one Ogbelegba Emmanuel Abel to three months imprisonment for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and internet fraud.
The convict was arrested on February 25, 2020 in his apartment in Maitama, Abuja following reports received by the Commission on his suspicious activities and questionable lifestyle.
Upon conclusion of investigation, the convict was arraigned in Court on one count charge of obtaining by false pretense.
N2bn Trial: No Trace of Contractors that Received N1.7bn Under Babangida Aliyu - Witness
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The money laundering trial of a former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, and two others: Tanko Beji and Umar Muhammad Nasko continued on Tuesday March 30, 2021 with the first prosecution witness, PW1, Muhammad Ndawuye Nmadu, telling the Court that auditors could not trace the address of contractors that received about N1.7bn from the Niger State government in 2014.
EFCC Arrests Female Internet Fraud Suspect
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Operatives of the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday March 26, 2021 arrested one Queen Jonathan, for suspected internet fraud in Oghara, Delta State.
24-year-old Jonathan is alleged to be involved in Bitcoin Scam. She presented herself as one Sophia Rodriguez, an expert in Bitcoin, on Instagram, to defraud unsuspecting victims.
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