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EFCC Smashes ‘419’ Syndicate that Defrauded a Professor
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has cracked down on a gang of fraudsters who specialise in exploiting personal data of foreign-based Nigerians to defraud their friends and relations back home.
N2bn Fraud: Court Remands Maina in Prison
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Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on October 25, 2019, ordered that Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team be remanded in Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), while his son, Faisal was remanded in the custody of Police Special Tactical Squad, Asokoro, Abuja.
EFCC Arrests Four Suspected ‘Fraudsters’ for Using Magu’s Signature to Defraud American Lady of $850,000 …Another Suspect Arrested in Port Harcourt for Using Magu’s Name to Blackmail NDDC Directors for Bribe
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
A daring syndicate of internet ‘fraudsters’, who used a cloned document of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as well as forged signature of the acting chairman of the agency, Ibrahim Magu to defraud an American Lady, has met their waterloo. The four-man gang were smashed today in a carefully coordinated operation in Delta state by the Benin Zonal office of the Commission. The suspects are: Onoghere Romina ( aka Pastor Joseph Romeo), Emoregan Fidelis Kelly ( aka Williams Brian), Sunday Obi (aka Stuart Symington.) and Remember Akpobome.
Alleged N2.9bn Fraud: Witness Says Ex-NBC Boss, Mba Conducted no Spectrum Auction
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Abubakar Madaki, prosecution witness (PW12) in the ongoing trial of a former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Emeka Mba, before Justice Mojisola Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, said there was no trace of any auctioning of spectrum equipment for digital transmission as claimed by Mba and other defendants.
OPL 245 Scam: EFCC to Serve Adoke, Etete by Substituted Means
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Justice D. Z. Senchi of Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi, Abuja on Friday, October 25, 2019, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to serve the criminal charges of alleged abuse of office and money laundering in respect of the granting of the Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245 to Shell and ENI, brought against a former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke and others, by substituted means. He lifted the arrest warrant earlier issued against the defendants and ruled that it would be reissued after the prosecution has served them by substituted means due to their unavailability.
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