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Ekiti Laundryman Jailed 3years for Internet Fraud in Kwara
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Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, October 20, 2022, sentenced one Fapohunda Paul Olasunkanmi, a laundry man from Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State to three years imprisonment for internet fraud related offences.
Fapohunda, 23, was arrested in Ado-Ekiti by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on April 26, 2022 with one iPhone 6, MacBook Apple Air Laptop and Mercedes CLA 250, was found to be engaged in dating scam, posing to be a white man named Ethan Jones from America to defraud unsuspecting victims.
He also used fraudulent email accounts for other nefarious acts including picker through bitcoins, cashapp and gift cards.
EFCC Arraigns Two for N10m Fraud in Maiduguri
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 20, 2022, arraigned the duo of Musa Umar and Kaka Abatcha Ngumuri before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a two count charge bordering on conspiracy and criminal breach of trust to the tune of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira).
Count two of the charge reads: “That you, Musa Umar and Kaka Abatcha Ngumuri whilst being the Branch Manager(s) of R99 Global Concept Limited respectively, a company registered in Nigeria sometime in 2019 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of these Honourable Court, being entrusted with dominion over certain properties to wit, selling of blocks , cements, rods, sand, gravel and all kinds of building materials located at Damboa Road, near Indimi Mosque by Zanna Mohammed Rijiya did dishonestly misappropriated the entire sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) being payments made by the various customers via your personal bank accounts domiciled with Access Bank and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 311 of the Penal Code Cap102 Laws of Borno State of Nigeria and punishable under Section 312 of the same Law.”
Court Jails Four Internet Fraudsters in Benin
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Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City, on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters to jail.
They defendants: Nicholas Bamigwojo Agwu, Anamali Azuka, Oseiwe Oifoghe and Nonye Fimber Dugbele were arraigned on separate one count charge of unlawful possession of fraudulent documents by the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC.
The charge against Agwu reads: “that you, Nicholas Bamigwojo Agwu sometime in June 2022 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did have in your possession on your iPhone 11 with IMEI Number 356546109602633 documents which you knew or ought to have known contain a false pretense and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of same Act”.
Fraudster Bags one Year jail Term in Kano
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Justice Suleiman Baba Namalam of the Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Raphael Bassey Williams to one year imprisonment.
Williams attempted to defraud a Kuwaiti citizen, Bader Mubaraq by representing himself as a female American citizen looking for a husband.
The charge read, “That you, Raphael Bassey Williams, Nigerian citizen sometime in 2022 within the jurisdiction of this court attempted to defraud one Bader Mubarrak, a foreigner from Kuwait by falsely presenting yourself as Emmanuel Milani, an American citizen which you knew is false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 95 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 32 of the same law.”
EFCC Arrests Three Internet Fraud Suspects in Abuja
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Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, arrested three suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects: Abdulwaris Bayo Awwal, Subar Oluwaseun and Andrew Paul were picked up from their hideouts at APDC Estate, Kubwa.
Items recovered from them include two laptops, five phones of different brands and one iWatch.
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