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Maiduguri Court Jails Two for N 12.5million Fraud
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 5, 2023 secured the conviction and sentencing of two fraudsters: Mohammed Idris and Ibrahim Suleiman Magaji to eight years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretences.
Idris was arraigned before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court on one-count charge bordering on obtaining under false pretence to the tune of N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira Only), while Magaji was arraigned on one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N11, 500, 000.00 (Eleven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira).
Love Scam: How I lost £130, 000 to “Yahoo Boy” ....German victim.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, October 6, 2023 continued the trial of one Wilson Daphey (a.ka.a Jefrey Guiseppe) before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on nine -count charges bordering on obtaining money under false pretence and money laundering.
Daphey allegedly manipulated and obtained the sum of £130,000( One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Euros) from one Ms Petra Goschenhofer, a German, with the assistance of his accomplices: Evans Nnamdi Aguh, Christopher Chinedu Ajufo, Ifeanyi Enuma and Ojinanaka Kingsley Chukwuma who are at large.
Court Convicts Peer-to- Peer Crypto Trader In Lagos
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Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, October 6, 2023, convicted one Lawrence Success Karinate, a Peer-to-Peer, P2P, crypto trader for computer-related fraud.
Karinate was prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on one-count charge bordering on cybercrimes, an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 22(2)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition etc.) Act, 2015.
EFCC Arrests 48 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Asaba.
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Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Friday, October 6, 2023 arrested 48 suspected internet fraudsters in Asaba, Delta State.
The suspects are Chinonso Nnemeka, Chidenbere Ekwealor, Emeka Joseph, Emmanuel Onyeka Onyeukwu, Solomon Omojewe, Miracle Ogonnaya, Pius Innocent, Ebuka Odukwe Osita, Godspower Efe, Chinedu Odiaka, Ogbemudia Wisdom, Okocha Nduka, Victor Chukwuma, Ebuka Ohika and Bright Odinakachukwu.
Sokoto Court Jails Fake Bureau De Change Operator 87 Years for N325million Fraud
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Justice Malami Dogondaji of the Sokoto State High Court has convicted and sentenced Ahmad Abubakar Ahmad to 87 years imprisonment, for criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N325, 800,000 (Three Hundred and Twenty Five Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira).
He was jailed on Thursday, October 5, 2023 after pleading guilty to 12- count charges bordering on criminal breach of trust and obtaining by false pretence.
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