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EFCC Arrests 16-year-old, 28 others for Internet Fraud in Imo
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- Written by Abdullahi Usman Rugga
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, December 13, 2019, arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters, better known as Yahoo Yahoo Boys in three different locations in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The haul included a 16-year-old undergraduate.
Fraudster Bags Six Months for $390,952 Scam...Banker, Eight Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms for Fraud
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday December 13, 2019 secured the convictions of nine internet fraudsters and a Banker before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State.
They were arraigned separately for offences bordering on impersonation, intent to defraud and failure to disclose suspicious transactions.
Three Yahoo Boys Bag 21 Months in FCT
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Justice A.O Musa of the FCT High Court, Bwari, Abuja, on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, sentenced three internet fraudsters to seven months imprisonment with N100,000 option of fine respectively, on separate one-count charge of internet fraud, impersonation and forgery, contrary to Section 320 of the Penal Code Laws of the Federation (Abuja 1990) and punishable under Section 322 of the same Act.
EFCC Abuja Zonal Office Records 42 Convictions, Recovers N725.2m
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Abuja Zonal Office, within its first year of establishment secured 42 convictions as at November, 2019. This number of convictions was derived from 615 petitions, of which 305 were put under investigation, with 164 currently with the zone’s Legal Unit for advice and possible prosecution and 74 pending in court. The rest, which fell out of the Commission’s purview were either transferred to sister agencies for prosecution or dropped for lack of merit.
Alleged N702m Fraud: Court Orders Okupe to Enter Defence
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Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been ordered by a Federal High Court, Abuja to enter his defence in a N702million fraud charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
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