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EFCC Docks Man for N 72m Cement Fraud in Enugu
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Command today, Wednesday July 19, 2023, arraigned one Obiorah Anthony Emelife before Justice C.O Ajah of Enugu State High Court, Enugu for alleged Seventy-two Million Naira fraud.
The defendant was arrested sometime in 2023 following a petition that he allegedly defrauded one Atansi Obinna ( now deceased) over a cement business.
EFCC Arraigns Two for N 1.7m Fraud in Maiduguri
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The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 18, 2024, arraigned one Mohammad Idris before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on one count charge of obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira) only.
The charge reads: “That you, Mohammed Idris sometime in July, 2019 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained the aggregate sum of N 1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira) from one Nura Bello as purchase price for Mercury chemicals which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.”
Four Internet Fraudsters Jailed in Benin
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Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, convicted and sentenced 22-year-old Prince Belebi Koko and three others to jail for internet fraud.
The others are Igwe Favour, 22, Destiny Nonso Igwe, 24 and Ojo Jolly, 25. Their journey to prison began following their arrest for involvement in internet fraud. The defendants admitted to the crime and were subsequently arraigned on one count charge of unlawful possession of fraudulent documents by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Court Jails Undergraduate Three Years for Internet Fraud in Port Harcourt
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Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced Peter Ayigi Againpriye, an undergraduate of the University of Calabar, to three years imprisonment for impersonation, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act.
He was convicted on Monday, July 17, 2023, after pleading “guilty” to a three count charge brought against him by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
‘American Sugar Mummy’, One Other Jailed for Cybercrime in Kwara
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Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 convicted a 24-year-old Francis Stephen Oke Eghele for representing himself as be a female American to defraud unsuspecting victims.
He was convicted alongside one Adeniyi Adekunle Aliyu from Iworoko, Ado Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State over similar offence.
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