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Alleged N47m Fraud: Court Revokes Bail, Orders Arrest of Defendant
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- Written by Chinonso Igwe
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, November 3, 2022, revoked the bail of one Adanu Blessing Ajumi, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N47 million fraud.
Ajumi, who is accused of trading under the name and style of Emerald Multipurpose Cooperative Society to defraud her victims, is facing a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, contrary to Section 1(1) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006, and stealing, contrary to Section 278 and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2011.
One of the counts reads: "Adanu Blessing Ajumi, between 30th day of November 2018 and the 11th day of January 2019 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, dishonestly stole and converted to your own use a cumulative sum of N47,575,000 (Forty-seven Million Five Hundred and Seventy-five Thousand Naira) from Mrs. Favour Bukola Nnamani."
Three Internet Fraudsters Convicted in Port Harcourt
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Three internet fraudsters: Asulewon Benjamin, Bright Omokinniovo and Bakare Shegun Olamide were on Thursday, November 3, 2022 convicted and sentenced to various jail terms by Justices A. T. Mohammed and P.M Ayua of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
They were arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on separate one-count charge of impersonation.
The charge against Benjamin reads: “That you, Asulewon Benjamin sometime in 2022 fraudulently impersonated one Robert James with intent to gain advantage for yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 22 (2) (b) (i) of the Cybercrimes ( Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under section 22 (2) (b) (iv) of the same Act".
Yahoo Boy Who Poses as American Prostitute Jailed in Abuja
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command today, November 3, 2022 secured the conviction one Emmanuel Adeyi before Justice I. Mohammed of the FCT High Court Gwagwalada-Abuja on an internet related fraud charge.
The one count charge indicates that Emmanuel Adeyi committed the offence sometime in 2021 at Abuja when he “pretended to be a white woman named Sally, a prostitute who resides in the United States of America through your Reddit application, and under the assumed character obtained the sum of $600 (Six Hundred United States Dollars) from your victims, committed the offence of cheating by personation.”
The offence is contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Law (Cap. 89 Laws of Northern Nigeria) and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law.
Court Convicts Man for N17m Contract Scam in Maiduguri
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Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on Thursday, November 3, 2022 convicted and sentenced David Osigbe Orimekhai to six month imprisonment for cheating to the tune of N17,470,000.00 (Seventeen Million Four Hundred and Seventy Naira).
Orimekhai was first arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on September 21, 2021 on a one count charge but pleaded not guilty. He was remanded by the court.
At the resumed hearing, the defendant through his counsel O.C Nwankwo informed the court of his decision to change his plea.
N1.4bn Bank Fraud: EFCC Moves Atumeyi, NNPP’s Kogi Assembly Candidate to Lagos
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The New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, candidate for the Kogi State House of Assembly, Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi, who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Abuja for a mega bank fraud, has been moved to Lagos.
The politician cum cyber-fraud suspect was flown into Lagos in the early hours of Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in continuation of the investigation into the scam. He is billed to be interrogated by another team of operatives at the Lagos Command of the Commission.
Atumeyi and two others, Joshua Dominic and Abdulmalik Salau Femi, a former bank employee, were arrested by the EFCC for allegedly hacking into the system of a commercial bank and defrauding the institution of over N1.4billion.
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