Stockbroker jailed 77years for N62m fraud 1
Crime & Investigation

Stockbroker jailed 77years for N62m fraud

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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Police file fraud charges against Imo Ex-governor 2
Crime & Investigation

Police file fraud charges against Imo Ex-governor

The Nigeria Police Force has filed a three-count criminal charge against former Governor of Imo State, Mr. Ikedi Ohakim, for fraud. Ohakim was governor of the state from 2007 to 2011. In the charge marked CR/993/2020 and dated September 23, 2020, which was filed before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, Ohakim was

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Osun deputy chief of staff charged with $120,000 fraud 3
Crime

Osun deputy chief of staff charged with $120,000 fraud

The Office of the Inspector-General of Police has charged the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor of Osun State, Abdullahi Binuyo, with fraud involving $120,000. The case marked CR/975/2020 was filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on September 9, 2020. It contains four charges of conspiracy, fraud, cheating and

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Niger APC Chairman, Treasurer Remanded Over Alleged N800m Fraud 5
Crime

Niger APC Chairman, Treasurer Remanded Over Alleged N800m Fraud

THE Chariman of All Progressive Congress in Niger State , Jibrim Imam and the treasurer, Shaffi Abdulsalam, were on Wednesday remanded at the Minna Correctional Center a Chief Magistrates ’ Court pending the ruling on their bail application on Friday . The two were arraign before the Chief Magistrate , Nasiru Mauzu, on three counts

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INTERPOL Arrests 2 Nigerians Fo‎r COVID-19 Fraud Worth ‎€14.7m 6
Police File

INTERPOL Arrests 2 Nigerians Fo‎r COVID-19 Fraud Worth ‎€14.7m

Two suspects of Nigerian origin have been arrested for alledgedly duping a Dutch firm of about ‎€14.7 million in a COVID-19-related scam, announced the Nigerian police on Sunday. Akinpelu Hassan Abass (41) and Babatunde Adesanya (50), were apprehended for cloning the corporate website of ILBN Holdings BV, Holland, to defraud one Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn,

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Metuh, Firm Guilty of First Count in N400m Fraud – Court
Law & Order

BREAKING: Metuh, Firm Guilty of First Count in N400m Fraud – Court

Abuja Federal High Court, on Tuesday, convicted a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisah Metuh, and his firm, Destra Investments Limited, of the first of the seven counts instituted against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Ruling on the first count in his judgment, Justice Okon Abang ruled that

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Court to Deliver Judgment Tuesday on N400m Fraud Allegation Against Metuh
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Court to Deliver Judgment Tuesday on N400m Fraud Allegation Against Metuh

Abuja Federal High Court will on February 25 deliver judgment in the four years trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, on money laundering charges involving the N400m which he was accused of receiving fraudulently from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2015. Justice Okon

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Three Celestial Church Leaders Arraigned Over N85.9m Fraud
Law & Order

Three Celestial Church Leaders Arraigned Over N85.9m Fraud

The Nigerian Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department Annex, Alagbon, Lagos, on Monday arraigned three Celestial Church of Christ leaders before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over alleged N85m fraud. The defendants – John Omotosho aka Jorotom, Boye Olaniyan and Folashade Ogundipe – were arraigned on four counts bordering on conspiracy, obtaining under

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Mother, Son Sentenced to Three Years Imprisonment for Internet Fraud 7
Law & Order

Mother, Son Sentenced to Three Years Imprisonment for Internet Fraud

Mrs. Damilola Adeyeri and her son, Alaba Adeyeri, were on Tuesday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos for defrauding an American to the tune of $82,570. Justice C.J. Aneke convicted the mother and son of the four counts bordering on “fraudulent trick business email compromise” filed against them by

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Travel agent bags 10 years jail term over N1.8m fraud
Crime

Islamic Cleric Defrauds Follower of N4.3m ‘Sacrifice’ Money

The police have brought before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, an Islamic cleric, Kabiru Adebayo, for allegedly defrauding his follower, Oluwadamilola Oyesomi, of N4.3m. It was gathered that Kabiru collected the sum on the pretext of performing some sacrifices for Oyesomi. It was gathered that Kabiru allegedly collected the sum of N4.3m from

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