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EFCC Partners Citizen and Leadership Training Centre to Rehabilitate Youths, Ex-Convicts
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa has concluded plans to roll out programmes aimed at rehabilitating ex-convicts, most of whom are youths that have been convicted for internet fraud related offences.
The EFCC boss gave the hint on Thursday, 24th November, 2022 during a courtesy visit by officials of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre led by the Director-General, Soji Eniade at the EFCC headquarters, Abuja.
According to Bawa, the desire to partner with the relevant organisations to rehabilitate ex-convicts is to allow them to separate themselves from the psychological and environmental factors that made them commit crime in the first place.
INEC Seeks EFCC's Help in Tracking Fraudulent Election Financing, Votes Buying
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Kaduna State, has sought the continuous collaboration of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Kaduna Zonal Command in tracking of fraudulent electoral campaign financing and vote buying.
This plea was made on Thursday, 24th November, 2022 by the new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Mahamuda Isah, when he paid a courtesy visit to Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC.
EFCC Arraigns Indian For Alleged N816.3m Fraud In Lagos
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The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 24, 2022 , arraigned one Chandra Singh before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a 19-count charge bordering on alleged retention of stolen property and bribery to the tune of N816,361,386.75.
The alleged offences are contrary to Section 328 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011, and Section 83 of the criminal law of Lagos State 2011.
One of the counts reads: "That Chandra Prankash Singh, on or before 1st of January, 2021, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst in the employment of African Natural Resources and Mines Limited, solicited indirectly to confer undue advantage for your company, CVN Engineering Limited, in order that you influence your employee to award the supply of items costing N365,757,457.00 to CVN Engineering Limited."
P&ID Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Company For Money Laundering
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 24, 2022 arraigned Resorts Express Concept Nigeria Limited, one of the over thirty companies linked with $9.6b Process and Industrial Development, P&ID, on an eight count-charge bordering on money laundering before Justice D.U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court Abuja.
Money Laundering: Court of Appeal Upholds Faisal Maina’s Conviction
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the conviction of Faisal Maina, son of the jailed ex-Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a three count charge of conspiracy and money laundering.
The three-member panel of the appellate court, in a unanimous judgment on Thursday, November 24, 2022, ruled that Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja was right to have convicted Faisal.
The Court held that the EFCC successfully established that Faisal, operated a fictitious bank account with the United Bank for Africa, UBA, through which his father, Maina, laundered the sum of N58.1million.
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