A 35-year old woman, Akunna Udom has been arrested for allegedly defrauding over five ladies to the tune of N9million in Onitsha, Anambra State. Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed this in a statement, said the suspect, member of a 3-man notorious gang, was arrested in one of the new generations banks in
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A 30-year-old man, Oscar Akpan, was on Friday arraigned before an Ajah Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly defrauding a car buyer of N1,300,000. Akpan, who is facing two counts of obtaining under false pretences and stealing, was said to have absconded with the money. He was arraigned after the police apprehended him. The police prosecutor, Inspector
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The Special Offences Court, in Ikeja, Lagos State has sentenced a 21-year-old man, Ifeanyi Egbuwu to one-year imprisonment for Internet fraud. Egbuwu was arrested on August 2, 2022, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on some Internet fraudsters at 42, Ola Williams Street, Kay Farm Estate, Iju, Lagos State. During
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…sources say D’Banj would be arraigned in court this week, for an extended remand order The Afro Pop maestro, Oladapo Oyebanji popularly known as D’banj, has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, over alleged fund diversion. The Daily Vendor learnt that the singer was alleged to have diverted
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…as the Catholic Diocese of Awka disassociates self from the priest’s business transactions The Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, presided over by Hon. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, has adjourned to January 24, 25, 26, 2023, for continued proceeding in the case between the Inspector General of Police (Complainant) and Rev. Father Ejike Nwankwo, (Defendant).
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…The prosecutor told the court that the student committed the crime between July 10, 2021 and October 31, 2021 A twenty four year-old student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Busayo Ayedun has been brought before a Yaba Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding a company, CD Care Limited, of goods and cash worth over N900,000
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…the state’s Anti-Corruption Agency confirmed the arrest of the serving and retired civil servants The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency says it has arrested some serving and retired civil servants in the state over a fraudulent contract worth N4.8billion, awarded in 2018. The agency’s chairman, Justice Eni Esan (retired), in a statement, on Wednesday, said the
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…accuses bank and police of foot-dragging on the matter A victim who lost N350,000 to a fraudster at Wema Bank, Aiyetoro branch, Ogun State, Nojeem Ogundele has accused the bank of complicity in the matter. The incident happened around 1pm on October 12 when Ogundele’s boss, Obi Emmanuel, sent him to deposit the money into
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‘They were apprehended when they arranged to get another batch of funds from the woman’ The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspected fraudsters for swindling a yet-to-be-identified woman out of N7.5m in the Ikorodu area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO) for the command, Benjamin Hundeyin(SP) said the
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‘The convict is a student in the Marketing Department of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin’ Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced a 31-year-old student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Bashiru Azeez, to six months imprisonment over $9,891 fraud. Justice Adebayo Yusuf handed down the sentence while ruling on a fraud case
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‘Specifically, he allegedly collected the sum of N12 million from potential investors in his company (Saphire Scents)’ The Managing Director of Saphire Scents Limited, Adewale Aladejana has been arraigned before Justice M. A Madugu of the Federal High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N12 million under false pretense. Aladejana
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A thirty five year-old importer, Chukwudi Ajaegbu, has been arraigned before the Ogba Magistrate’s Court for allegedly obtaining $11,000 fraudulently from one Austine Ukaoha in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. Ajaegbu, who was charged with three counts, was arraigned before Magistrate F.M. Onamusi. The defendant, with others at large, were said to have conspired
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A self-acclaimed Police Community Relations Committee member, Musa Araokanm, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defrauding the public. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that Araokanm had allegedly collected the sum of N1.4m from one Halimot Olorunlomeru under the pretence that he would assist her to get a car and motorcycles
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Written by Our Reporter The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman, has been accused of corruption and abuse of office, in what could potentially be the latest scandal to rock the NPA. Investigation shows how spending under Hadiza Usman keeps rising even as the NPA flunks its audit. The fraud which
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Abioye Eluwole, managing director of Bytofel Trust and Securities Limited to 77 years in prison for a N62 million fraud. Eluwole, who was arrested in December 2018 for stealing various units of shares of different companies belonging to Okeke Donatus Ojumba,
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