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Six Yahoo Boys Jailed in Port Harcourt
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Six internet fraud kingpins: Idris Ibrahim, Oghenewowero Teddy Emmanuel, Hillary Ifeanyi Nwosu, Friday Iwhighuavwe, Abasii Biangake Willie and Richard Welle Chikodi were on Thursday October 27, 2022 convicted and sentenced to various terms by Justices P. M. Ayua, A. T. Mohammed and P. I. Ajoku 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 a separate one-count charge of impersonation contrary to section 22 (2) b (i) of the Cybercrimes ( Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015”.
Court Sends Four Oil Thieves to Jail in Port Harcourt
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Five oil thieves: Kpee Sunday, Siitu Imabel, Confidence Kpanabe and Gloria Horsfall, Achieva Didia were on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 and Thursday, October 27, 2022 convicted and sentenced to various jail terms before Justices P. M. Ayua and E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
They were prosecuted by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on separate one-count charge of illegal dealing in petroleum product without any requisite license and tampering with oil pipeline contrary to section 1 (17) (a) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act, Cap M17, Revised Edition, (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2007.
Man jailed for Cryptocurrency scam in Kaduna
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Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on October 26, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Emmanuel Simon to three months in prison for offences bordering on internet fraud fraud.
Simon was arrested by Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC following intelligence linking him to cybercrimes. He is said to have used the Instagram account name, Hack4ord and Mrs Gina from California, USA, to send scam messages to unsuspecting persons to defraud them by telling them to invest in cryptocurrency trading with the promise that they will make profit in seven days.
P&ID Scam: Grace Taiga Received $9,969 Bribe, Betrayed Nigeria- Witness
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The trial of a former Director, Legal Services of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Grace Taiga continued on Thursday, October 27, 2022, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja with the first prosecution witness, Umar Hussein Babangida narrating how the defendant received alleged bribe of$9,969.5 (Nine Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-nine United States Dollars).
Taiga is facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for allegedly collecting bribes in the infamous Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) scam.
Babangida, a Chief Superintendent of Police, informed the court that the investigation in the infamous P&ID contract revealed that the defendant received the said sum in two tranches. “The investigation team reviewed the financial record and discovered two particular payments in favor of one Enameg Vera Moses. The first payment was on 30th December, 2009 of the sum of $4969.5 USD from the Cyprus Account of Marsh Pearl into the HSBC London account of Enameg Moses Taiga. The payment of 30th December, 2009 was made eleven day before the signing of the project contract.”
SCUML Tasks Non- Financial Businesses, Professions on Compliance with Money Laundering Law
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The Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML, in the Sokoto Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called on all operators of Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions, DNFBPs, to immediately comply with provisions of the Money Laundering (Prevention & Prohibition) Act 2022 to avoid penalties as stated in the Act.
Sokoto Zonal Coordinator of SCUML, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE Ahmadu Bello, stated this at a sensitisation meeting between SCUML and the Zamfara State Coalition of Non- Governmental Organisations, NGOs, held on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 in Gusau.Zamfara State. According to him, all DNFBPs must be registered and must render reports as at when due.
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