Marketer Bags 10 Years Jail Term For Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday 27th September 2021 secured the conviction of one Kehinde Aliyu Odeniyi before Justice Kabir Dabo of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Zaria on a two-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation. Odeniyi, a marketer with a private company, was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC following an investigation that he diverted N 3, 500,000.00 (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira), property of the company where he works, […]

September 28, 2021

National News

EFCC Arrests 26 Internet Fraud Suspects In Asaba

Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, September 23, 2021, arrested 26 internet fraud suspects in Asaba, Delta State. The suspects include Ezeabia Lucy, Ossai Chioma, Okoh Ekene, Okoduwa Bright, Jefferey Nwabunike, Egonu Ikechukwu, Onwudiachi Martins, Ofili Junior, Ejimofor Celestine, Joseph Diamond Olisa, Frank Sunday, Calvin Emmanuel Ojara, Afoye Powede Joshua, and Chima Bright Ojara. Other are Micheal Emmanuel Chukwuka, Okonkwo Chukwuemeka Promise, Iyoha Oseiwe Frankie, Ezeabia Prince Chinedu, Ohuhwai Charles. […]

September 23, 2021 1

Health

NPHCDA, DSS, Others To Investigate And Prosecute Fraudulent COVID-19 Vaccine Card Sellers, Buyers

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHCDA is collaborating with the State Security Services (SSS), ICPC, and other law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute any persons and their accomplices attempting to fraudulently acquire COVID-19 vaccination cards without getting vaccinated. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib who disclosed this in Abuja, during a weekly press briefing on the progress of phase 2 COVID-19 vaccination rollout said NPHCDA and the Presidential Steering Committee strongly condemn these fraudulent attempts and are […]

September 21, 2021

National News

Ex Immigration Officer Arraigned Over Certificate Fraud

A retired Chief Superintendent of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Imam Aminu, has been arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), over alleged forgery of academic certificates. The Commission, in a 4-count charge brought before Justice A.O. Abong of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 18, sitting in Gwagwalada, Abuja averred that the accused person had forged a National Diploma Certificate in Public Administration from the Kaduna State Polytechnic and a Bachelor of Science Degree […]

September 21, 2021

National News

Sexagenarian Arraigned For ‘N2.4 Million Fraud’

The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 60-year-old man, Gbemiro Oyiteme, for alleged N2.4 million fraud. Oyiteme, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and obtaining money under false pretences. He, however, pleaded not guilty before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court. According to the prosecutor, Insp Sunday Bassey, the defendant committed the offences in August 2019 in Lagos State. Bassey said that Oyiteme and some others still at large obtained laptops, phones, modems and […]

September 16, 2021 1

National News

Man Arraigned For N4.2m Scam In Kaduna

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned one Ejike Chinedu Euneoha before Justice Hannatu A.L Balogun on one count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. Ejike's trouble started when one Utazi Romanus Ejiofor petitioned the Command, alleging that sometime in 2014, he informed the defendant of his intention to start importing goods and requested if he could link him up with a contact in China. Ejike offered to link him with […]

September 16, 2021 1

National News

EFCC Seeks CBN Support In Tackling Fraudulent Investment Managers

The Port Harcourt Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE Aliyu Naibi, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria( CBN) to offer the EFCC more information and other support in tackling fraudulent investment managers operating in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria. He made this call in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, while receiving the Rivers State Branch Controller, CBN, Mrs. Oruwari O. B who paid him […]

September 14, 2021 1

National News

Son, Mother, Three Others Arraigned For Internet Fraud In Kaduna

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today, August 20, 2021, arraigned five suspects before Justice Hannatu A.L Balogun of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on separate one-count charges for offences ranging from impersonation to obtaining by false pretences. One of the charges read: “That you, Isreal Justin (male) sometime in July 2021 at Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court in an attempt to commit fraud falsely presented yourself to one Angie […]

August 22, 2021 1

National News

EFCC Engages Bank Chiefs, Warns Against Fraudulent Election Financing, Forex Malpractices

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has sought greater collaboration with financial institutions in the country as a way of tackling fraudulent election financing, foreign exchange malpractices and money laundering. Speaking on Thursday, August 19, 2021, during an interactive session with managing directors of banks in Nigeria at the Conference Hall of the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC, he said it was important to bring the financial institutions in the country up to […]

August 20, 2021

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