EFCC
Court Jails 12 Internet Fraudsters in Abakaliki
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of twelve(12) internet fraudsters.
They were jailed on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 by Justice Fatun Riman of the Federal High Court sitting in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State.
The convicts, jailed on one -count separate charges bordering on obtaining money under false pretences, are: Matthew Chukwuemeka, Temple Emmanuel, Chukwu Joseph, Ibeh Chisom, Anson Ugochukwu and Abuchi Awa.
Fake FBI Commander, One Other Arraigned For $2.8m Fraud
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 17, 2022, arraigned one Ijeboi Dennis and Obade Monday Christian before Justice Abubakar Baba Shani of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja.
Dennis,(aka Andrew Tran huynh) and Monday, who also claimed to be a Commander with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, as well as a Diplomat Director, were arraigned on a five count- charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining the sum of Two Million, Eight Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty United States Dollars ($2, 822,860.00) by false pretense.
According to the charge, the defendants conspired to defraud one Holly Ngo, a United States Citizen while posing as American doctors stranded in Afghanistan.
Money Laundering: Court Adjourns Mompha’s Trial Till Dec. 16
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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, adjourned till December 16, 2022 the trial of one Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, over an alleged N6 billion fraud.
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Mompha alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, on an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy to launder funds obtained through unlawful activity, retention of proceeds of criminal conduct, laundering of funds obtained through unlawful activity, failure to disclose assets and property, possession of documents containing false pretence and use of property derived from unlawful act.
Mompha alongside his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, was first arraigned by the EFCC on January 12, 2022.
Bawa Urges Corps Members to Take Ownership of Fight Against Corruption
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The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to be foot soldiers in the war against economic and financial crimes, in order to free the nation from the shackles of corruption and set it on the path of sustainable development.
He gave the charge on Thursday, November 17, 2022 in a lecture entitled “EFCC And The Role of Youth in Curbing Corruption” for members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, 2022 Batch ‘C’ Stream 1.
Speaking at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Yikpata, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, Bawa, whose sensitisation lecture was delivered by an Assistant Commander of the EFCC, Ayodele Babatunde, Head, Public Affairs Department of the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Commission admonished the corps members to align themselves with the anti-corruption war by being change agents, good campaigners against corruption and by publicly owning the crusade.
Car Theft: Man Bags Nine Years Jail Term in Ibadan
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The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 14, 2022 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Oni Daniel Temitope to nine years imprisonment before Justice Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan on an amended two count charge which bordered on stealing and obtaining property by false pretence.
Oni’s journey to prison began when he approached his victim, Kamoru Wole Yekini, a car dealer in Iwo, Osun State, that he wanted to purchase a Toyota Matrix Salon car with a price tag of N1.8million but both parties settled for N1, 580, 000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira).
Afterwards, Oni presented a cheque to Kamoru as means of payment but Kamoru declined the cheque and insisted on cash payment. The convict insisted on paying through chegue and went further to make false representation that he was a staff of Medical Service Department of Bowen University and presented an Identity card the cheque.
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