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$22.6m Fraud: EFCC Re-arraigns Ogunlewe, BCE Consulting Engineers Limited.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has re-arraigned Akinola Ogunlewe alongside his company, B.C.E. Consulting Engineers Limited before Justice A.R. Muhammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
They were re-arraigned on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 on twelve count amended charges, bordering on forgery, obtaining fraudulent document and criminal possession as well as money laundering to the tune of $22,630,000.00 (Twenty Two Million, Six Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars).
EFCC Arraigns Saphire Scents’ MD for N12 million Fraud.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the Managing Director of Saphire Scents Limited, Adewale Aladejana, before Justice M. A Madugu of the Federal High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, for obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N12,000,000( Twelve Million Naira only).
He was arraigned on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 on three- count charges bordering on misappropriation and obtaining under false pretence.
Specifically, he allegedly collected the sum of N12 million from potential investors in his company, with a promise of turnover in six months, without offering any profit or returning the invested funds to his investors.
Three Internet Fraudsters, Oil Thief, Bag Jail Terms in Port Harcourt.
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Three internet fraudsters: Bernard Peter, Wisdom Handsome Isiakm and Nwabueze Nnemeka, alongside an oil thief, Emeka Stanley, have been convicted and sentenced to eight years imprisonment in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
They were jailed by Justices E. A. Obile, S. D. Pam and A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt.
All the judges convicted them variously on October 4, September 29, and September 6, 2022, after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge, consequent on their arraignment by the Port Harcourt’s Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Court Jails Five Internet Fraudsters in Calabar, Uyo.
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Justices Ijeoma Ojukwu and Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, and Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, have convicted and sentenced five internet fraudsters to various jail terms.
The convicts: Mmabuchi Anthony Chinaemerem, John Bassey Akpan, Eneji Matthew Ngaji, Louis Samuel Akanimoh and Uchenna Ibekwe, were jailed on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 and Tuesday, October 4, 2022 respectively, for fraudulent impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.
While Chinaemerem, Akpan and Ngaji were convicted by Justice Ojukwu, Akanimoh and Ibekwe were jailed by Justice Okeke.
Kano Court Jails Three Fraudsters Six Years.
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Justices Nasiru Saminu and Usman Na’abba of the Kano State High Court, have convicted and sentenced the trio of Almustapha Nasir, Isma’il Salisu and Yakubu Shuaibu Abdullahi to six years imprisonment, for retention of proceeds of crime and fraudulent misappropriation.
They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge, preferred against them by the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ,EFCC.
While Nasir and Salisu were convicted by Justice Saminu on Thursday, October 6, 2022, Abdullahi was jailed by Justice Na’abba on Wednesday, October 5, 2022.
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