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Former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after being convicted for breaching the Money Laundering Act.   Okupe, who is the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party (LP) was convicted on 26 of the …

Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court, Benin City on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, ordered the forfeiture of the sum of N120,284,986.28 (One Hundred and Twenty Million, Two Hundred and Eighty-Four Thousand, Nine Hundred and Eight-six Naira, Twenty-eight Kobo) found in the bank account of a convicted fraudster, Oghenemine …

Trump Organization found guilty in tax fraud scheme Donald Trump’s family real estate business was convicted yesterday of tax fraud and other financial crimes, a remarkable rebuke of the former president’s company and what prosecutors described as its “culture of fraud and deception.” The conviction on all 17 counts, after …

The Trump Organization has been found guilty of engaging in a criminal tax fraud scheme in New York. The New York Times reported: The conviction on all 17 counts, after more than a day of jury deliberations in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, resulted from a long-running scheme in which …

Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, a former President of Comoros has been handed down a life sentence for high treason after being convicted of selling passports to stateless people living in the Gulf.   Sambi, who led the small Indian Ocean archipelago between 2006 and 2011, pushed through a law in 2008 allowing …

50 Cent is considering making a movie about the life of Ramon Olorunwa Abass, aka Hushpuppi.    Hushpuppi,  a Nigerian,  was sentenced in the US to 11 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to engaging in money laundering.   American rapper and movie producer, 50 Cent took to Instagram …

The high court in the Western Cape, South Africa on Friday, October 28, convicted an abusive boyfriend, Phillip April, of the premeditated murder of his ex-girlfriend, Allison Plaatjies.     26-year-old Allison Plaatjies sustained multiple stab wounds following Philip’s attack in October 2019.    April was also convicted for stealing her vehicle. …

US President, Joe Biden on Thursday, October 6, announced a pardon for all Americans convicted of marijuana possession under federal laws, meeting a longtime demand of Democrats a month away from the US midterm congressional elections.   “I am announcing a pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple possession …

The charges center around a set of picture books telling the stories of a village of sheep resisting a pack of wolves invading their home — a storyline that the government prosecutors alleged was meant to provoke contempt of the local government and China’s central government in Beijing. In one …

The daughters of convicted 1/6 defendant Guy Reffitt said that if their dad got seven plus years, Trump deserves life in prison. Video: Convicted 1/6 defendant Guy Reffitt’s daughters say that Trump deserves life in prison if their father is going to be in prison for seven and a half …