Tag: fraud
Ex-Punch official arraigned for N950m fraud
A 45-year-old former official of Punch Nigeria Limited, Ogunbanjo Mikhail, who allegedly defrauded two men of N950 million, was on Thursday arraigned in Lagos.
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For stealing pensioners’ N21m, Accountant bags 21 years jail term
For stealing N26.1 million meant for pensioners, a former Accountant (Pensions Account) in the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, Garba...
Internet fraudster marries American, dupes her $200,000
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a suspected internet fraudster, Chidozie Kingsley Nwachi, for allegedly marrying an American,...
Nigerian jailed for defrauding U.S. residents $3.4m with 25 accounts
A 39-year-old Nigerian, Olaniyi Nasiru Ojikutu, has been sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment in the United States for a romance scheme.
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Court jails Ex-Perm Sec, Edo SUBEB director over N160m fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a former Permanent Secretary, Peter Ayeni, and Director of...
N805m scam: EFCC arrests Senator in hospital, sent to prison
Seven months after he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North) has finally landed in prison.
Nwaoboshi has been on the run...
Gas coy director docked for alleged N192m fraud
Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday February 1, 2023 remanded a Director of...
N580.2m theft: 2 Shari’a Court judges, cashier, 16 others get bail
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Wednesday, February 1, admitted two Shari’a Court judges, a cashier and 16 other financial registrars to bail...
Ex-Maritime Academy official jailed 110 years for N22m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of Charles Emmanuel Afaha, a former official of Maritime Academy of...
N5bn fraud: ICPC re-arrests ex-JAMB Registrar Ojerinde at court premises
The operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), on Thursday, re-arrested the former Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation...
