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Security Guard Convicted for Stealing Forfeited Property in Kaduna
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Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna, has convicted and sentenced one Abdul_Bari Yakubu to two years imprisonment on one count charge bordering on dealing in forfeited property.
The defendant, a former personnel of Kaduna State Vigilance Service, KADVS, was arrested by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 13, 2023 after he alleged stole a 34" Samsung Television set from Halal Fountain Hotel Annex, a property under interim forfeiture.
Two Internet Fraudsters Bag Two Years Imprisonment in Kaduna
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The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 11, 2023, secured the convicted of the duo of Salim Bashir and Khalid Ola Abdulwasiu before Justices Darius Khobo and A.A Bello respectively of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna, on separate one count charge bordering internet fraud.
The convicts were arrested at a hotel in Barnawa, Kaduna in a sting operation prompted by intelligence on their alleged internet fraud-related activities. Investigation established that they had impersonated several personalities in the social media and used the false identities to defraud unsuspecting victims.
Abuja Courts Jail Eight Yahoo Boys for Impersonation
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, secured the conviction of eight internet fraudsters before Justices Chinyere Nwecheonu, A.A Akobi A.I. Kutigi and V.S Garba of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja.
Five of the convicts: Emmanuel Ogochukwu, Ugochukwu Mathias and Aderele Adekunle, Abdullahi Adebola Ayinde and Matthew Ushie Adie were prosecuted before Justice Nwecheonwu of the FCT High Court, Kuje on one count charge each.
No Short Cut to Wealth, Bawa Tells Corp Members
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The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, Thursday, May 11, 2023, charged the youth to embrace hard work and shun the lure of quick and instant wealth.
The EFCC chairman gave this charge during a sensitization lecture on the Role of Youths in Curbing Economic and Financial Crimes at the National Youth Service Corps Orientation Camps across the country, Speaking through Williams Oseghale, Head, Public Affairs Department, Benin Zonal Command at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Okada, Edo State, Bawa said "There is no short cut to success. Those who take short cuts are always cut short. Yahoo yahoo is a crime against humanity and God. It is not a sustainable way of life. The EFCC urges you to be innovative, forward looking and hard thinkers."
Eight Suspected Yahoo Boys Nabbed in Two Abuja Estate
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The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters.
The suspects are Usifo Mophy, Eze Richard, Abdulkadir Sadiq and Emmanuel Joseph. Others are Tuoyo Kelvin, Joel Omojevwe, Joshua Omojevwe and Oreva Omojevwe.
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