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Court Sends 12 Internet Fraudsters to Prison in Benin City
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, secured the conviction of fourteen internet fraudsters before Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court Benin City.
They were arraigned by the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC on a separate one-count charge of fraudulent personation.
The convicts are Gift Patrick, Lucky Paul Omofureta, Elvis John Mathew, Jeremiah Rebirth Umoru, Alex Aimuawosa Yuodegha and Daniel Mathew.
Alleged N754.8m Fraud: Court Adjourns Till March 24 for Adoption of Final Written Addresses in Ex-NIMASA D-G, Akpobolokemi’s No-case Submissions
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Justice R.I.B Adebiyi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, March 6, 2023, further adjourned till March 24, 2023 for the adoption of final written addresses in relation to the no-case submissions filed by both Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and Ezekiel Bala Agaba, who are facing trial over an alleged N754.8 million fraud.
Akpobolokemi and Agaba, who are alleged to have defrauded NIMASA, were initially charged alongside Governor Juan, Vincent Udoye, Ekene Nwakuche, Adegboyega Olopoenia and a company, Gama Marine Nigeria Ltd., before the charge was amended to involve only both of them.
N109Bn Fraud Trial: No Document Missing in Ex- AGF, Idris’ Case File …Trial Within Trial Begins on Defendants’ Statements
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The alleged N109 billion corruption and money laundering trial of former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris continued today before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory with a trial within trial to determine whether the statements made by the defendants to the EFCC were obtained voluntarily.
Idris was re-arraigned alongside Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited on October 27, 2022 on a 13-counts charge that bordered on alleged misappropriation of the sum of N109 billion.
Pension Fraud: Office of Head of Service Pensions Accountant Bags 21 Years
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A former Accountant, Pensions Account, Office of the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Garba Abdullahi Tahir, also known as Tahir Garba, was on Friday, March 3, 2023 convicted and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for stealing N26.1million meant for pensioners.
Abdullahi was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at a Federal High Court, Abuja on a seven count amended charge that bordered on money laundering.
Fashion Designer, Two Others Jailed for Cybercrime in Kwara
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin has sentenced a 24-year-old fashion designer, Muhammed Ayub and two others to six years imprisonment for offences bordering on internet fraud and possession of fraudulent funds.
The two others are Odelade Samuel and Olowokere Jamiu.
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 arraigned trio on separate charges, to which they pleaded guilty.
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