EFCC
Court Jails Ten Internet Fraudsters in Calabar
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 22, 2023 secured the conviction of ten(10) internet fraudsters before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State.
The convicts are: Isaac Uchenna Akuma, Praise Lucky Moses, Joel Akanimo, Afia Emediong Godwin, Archibong Unyime Inyang, Kelechi Richard Udochi, Prince Edet Okon, Promise Benedict Okon, Victor Eze and Emmanuel Imoh Archibong.
N2.9bn Fraud: Court Adjourns George Turnah, Others Trial Till June19
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Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday, May 19, 2023, adjourned till June 19, 2023 for the adoption of final written addresses in the ongoing trail of George Turnah Alabh, former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Commission, NDDC, Ebis Orubebe, Uzorgor Silas Chidiebere and nine companies.
The defendants are facing trial on an amended twenty-three count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretense, money laundering and abuse of office to the tune of N2, 894, 500, 000 (Two Billion, Eight Hundred and Ninety-Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira).
Kwara Court Remands UITH's Admin Officer for N8mFraud
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The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 22, 2023, arraigned a 45 year-old Mokuolu Oluwakayode Samuel, an Administrative Officer of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital on two counts of fraudulent conversion of fund to the tune of about Eight Million Naira, before Justice Mahmoud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin.
Count one of the charge against him reads: "That you, Mokuolu Oluwakayode Samuel, between January and November, 2020 at Ilorin within the Ilorin judicial division, dishonestly converted to your own use the sum of N4,520,531.48 (Four Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand, Five Hundred and Thirty One Naira, Forty Eight Kobo) property of Mrs. Bukola Oladehinde Omodona entrusted with you and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 311 of the Penal Code Law and Punishable under section 312 of the same law."
EFCC Re-arraigns Businesswoman For Alleged N57.6m Fraud In Lagos
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The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, May 22, re-arraigned one Oluremi Phillips for an alleged N57, 690,000 fraud before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja.
Philips was previously standing trial before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, following her arraignment on January 27, 2022.
EFCC Arraigns Ramallan Yaro, Company for N140bn Money Laundering
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, May 22, 2023, arraigned one Saadatu Ramallan Yaro before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on separate charges of money laundering to the tune of over N140billion.
In the first charge, a 25-count charge, the defendant is accused of failing in her duty as director of Tsami Babi Resources Limited, a Designated Non-financial Business, to make submissions of activities of the company that enabled financial transactions into the company’s account with a new generation bank to the tune of over N100billion to the Ministry of Commerce.
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