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EFCC Arraigns Fake American Civil Engineer for Alleged 120,150 Euros
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, arraigned one Wilson Daphey, ( aka Jefrey Guiseppe) before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on a nine count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretense and money laundering.
Daphey allegedly manipulated and obtained the sum £120,150 from one Ms Petra Goschenhofer with the assistance of Evans Nnamdi Aguh, Christopher Chinedu Ajufo, Ifeanyi Enuma and Ojinanaka Kingsley Chukwuma, all of whom are currently at large.
Kwara Court Sends Four to Jail for Internet Fraud in Ilorin
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The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of four persons for offences bordering on internet fraud and retention of proceeds of criminal conduct.
Justice Mahmoud Abdulgafar convicted and sentenced Dauda Soliu Tunde, Lambe Taiye, Omogbolahan Ibrahim Wasiu and Olorunfemi Ayobami to various jail terms, having pronounced them guilty of the charges brought against them.
Yahoo Boy Who Poses as Tom Cruise Jailed 2 Years in Kaduna
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Justice A.A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna, has convicted and sentenced one Gideon Tobi Victor to two years imprisonment for charges bordering on cybercrime brought against him by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The one count amended charge reads: " That you, Gideon Tobi Victor (aka Andre Bohrer) (M), between January and April 2023 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, attempted to commit an offence and in such an attempt did a certain act towards the Commission of the said offence, to wit; falsely presented yourself as Andre Bohrer (a white woman) to several unsuspecting victims on Google Chat, an online social media application in order to cheat them and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 57 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law of 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law”.
Gladstone Amabebe: Appeal Court Sets Aside Conviction
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has set aside the conviction of Gladstone Amabebe who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for illegal dealing in petroleum products. Amabebe who was prosecuted and convicted along with seven others before Justice I.M Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 12th November 2019 had his conviction set aside on 17th February 2023.
EFCC Arrests ‘Crossdresser’, 32 Others For Alleged Internet Fraud In Lagos
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Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Owoseni Gabriel, who posed as a woman to evade arrest, and 32 others for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.
Gabriel was arrested alongside Salaudeen Hammed, Akinsanya Olamilekan, Olamofe Joshua, Akindele Saheed, Damilare Micheal, Patoki Ayomiku, Olakunle Ismail, Babalola Ayomide, Afolabi Olaibola, Abiodun Olayinka, Samuel Ogunyemi, Adebayo Olarewaju, Abdul-Fatai Olawale and Hassan Ayofe.
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