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EFCC Arrests 17 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Benin-City
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Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State.
They were arrested at their hideouts, in different locations, following actionable intelligence on their nefarious activities.
Court Jails Man for $30,000 Investment Fraud in Lagos
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Justice O.O. Abike -Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Gabriel Ohaohakara to one year imprisonment for $30,000 crypto investment fraud.
The convict perpetrated the scam by creating a fake investment website, britishtradelimited.com, and a telegram channel for the same purpose.
Alleged N304.1m Fraud: Court Adjourns Ex-NIMASA DG, Two Others’ Trial Till Nov 21
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Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, October 16, 2023, adjourned till November 21, 2023 further proceedings in the trial of a former Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Haruna Baba Jauro, and two others.
Jauro, alongside Dr. Dauda Bitrus Bawa and a company, Thlumbau Enterprises Limited, are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on 19-count charges bordering on stealing and money laundering to the tune of N304,118, 500( Three Hundred and Four Million One Hundred and Eighteen Thousand Five Hundred Naira).
EFCC Arraigns Suspected Hacker for Developing Software to Defraud Bank in Kaduna
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The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 13, 2023, arraigned Michael Anan Onimisi before Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna for developing a software code named: “Bee-Leaf” and “Real-Eve” to defraud First City Monument Bank Plc, the sum of N17, 785,010.75 (Seventeen Million, Seven Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand, Ten Naira and Seventy Five Kobo only).
Onimisi was accused of developing the software to hack into the security measures of the bank, in order to defraud it. He was arraigned on six- count charges bordering on internet fraud and money laundering.
EFCC Arrests Wanted Suspect for N2billion Fraud In Lagos
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Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Chike Nosa Agada, an unlicensed foreign exchange dealer, for an alleged N2bn fraud.
Agada, a 37-year old native of Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, was declared wanted by the Commission on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, for obtaining money by false pretence and stealing by conversion to the tune of N2billion.
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