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Internet Fraudster Bags Three Months In Makurdi
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The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on September 21, 2022 secured the conviction and sentencing of Terhile John Ushir to three months imprisonment
He was jailed by Justice N. I. Afolabi of the Federal High Court, Lafia, Nasarawa State, on one-count charge for his involvement in internet fraud.
The one-count charge reads:
EFCC Arrests Two Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos
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Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, arrested two suspected internet fraudsters, Agbebaku Newton and Enofe Destiny, on Waterside Road, Eti-Osa, Lekki, Lagos State.
The suspects were arrested, following credible intelligence available to the Commission on their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.
Internet Fraudster Bags Five Years in Kaduna.
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Justice Nasiru.U. Sadiq of the Kaduna State High Court has convicted and sentenced Monday Yakubu(a.k.a Tucka James) to five years imprisonment for cheating by impersonation.
He was jailed on Tuesday, September 21, 2022 after pleading guilty to one- count amended charge, upon his arraignment by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Yobe LGA Auditor General Forfeits Properties to Government
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Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State has ordered the interim forfeiture of eleven landed properties, in Damaturu metropolis, belonging to Alhaji Idris Yahaya, the Auditor General of all the Local Government Areas, LGAs, of Yobe State.
She gave the order on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, following an ex parte application filed by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking an interim forfeiture of the properties.
EFCC counsel, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed, told the court that Yahaya had some landed properties suspected to be proceeds of crime, owing to an alleged criminal diversion of public funds, abuse of office and money laundering reported to the Commission.
$1.6million Dud Cheque: Lagos Court Sends Pastor To Two Years In Prison
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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a Pastor, Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun, to two years in prison.
He was jailed on Tuesday, September 21, 2022.
Oluokun’s conviction came, consequent on his arraignment by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside his company, Peak Petroleum Industry Nigeria Limited, on an amended six-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheques, stealing and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $1.6 million on January 19, 2019.
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