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
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
Read moreOsun 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
Read moreCourt jails Man for seven years over N30m fraud
A fraudster, Tunde Martins has been sentenced to seven years in prison over N30 million fraud by the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere. Justice Josephine Oyefeso convicted Martins for obtaining the said amount as a loan from Diamond Bank Plc with a forged certificate of occupancy and refused to pay back. The convict was arraigned
Read moreNiger 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
Read moreINTERPOL 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,
Read moreEFCC Digs Into N35bn Arms Procurement Fraud in Defence Ministry
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating a case of diversion of public funds totalling N35bn at the Ministry of Defence. The money was reportedly meant for the procurement of items and equipment for the military in peace keeping missions. The EFCC, in a report obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, said the
Read moreBREAKING: 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
Read moreCourt 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
Read moreThree 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
Read moreEFCC Arraigns Man for $61,438 Fraud in Kano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on February 17, 2020 arraigned one Dasin Yusuf Bello before Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on a three-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust to the tune of $61,438. He was alleged to have collected two containers of biscuits and sweets worth $64,046 (Sixty-Four
Read moreMother, 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
Read moreFederal Government Mum Over Uzodinma’s N4.3bn Fraud, Travel Ban
The Federal Government has failed to make any comment on the alleged $12m (N4.3bn) fraud case of newly inaugurated Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, as well as the travel ban imposed on the governor. When contacted for update on the alleged fraud case of Uzodinma, the Spokesman for the Attorney-General of the Federation,
Read moreIslamic 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
Read moreChurch Accountant Jailed 18 Years for Diverting N15.5m Tithe, Offering Money
An Adamawa State High Court on Monday, sentenced a church accountant, Ibrahim Aku, to 18 years in prison for N15.5 million fraud. Aku, an accountant at EYN Church of Christ (Church of Brethren in Nigeria), was prosecuted on six counts bordering on forgery and obtaining money by false pretense by the Economic and Financial Crimes
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