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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Mrs Joy Enwa, the Accountant General of Delta State, in connection with the alleged misappropriation of N1.3 trillion linked to former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.   The EFCC is investigating funds reportedly diverted from the 13 percent derivation allocation intended for oil-producing states. Alongside Mrs Enwa, the anti-graft agency has questioned other …

Former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato was on Friday, Dec. 20, sentenced  to more than four years in prison by a Madrid court for tax crimes, money laundering and corruption.  Judges found Rato, who was also a former economy minister in Spain, guilty of “three offences against the treasury, one offence of money laundering and one offence of corruption …

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a fake Nigerian Navy personnel, Ahugu Joshua, who specialised in defrauding unsuspecting victims by generating fake receipts on his bank app.      The spokesperson of the command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, December 19, 2024, said the suspect was found in possession of a fake Nigerian …

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja has granted bail to the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.    At the resumed trial of the former governor today, December 13, the presiding judge granted the former in the sum of N500 million, with two sureties in like sum.     He said the two sureties must …

The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has pleaded not guilty to the alleged N80 billion fraud case filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).   The anti-graft agency arraigned Bello before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja on a 19-count charge, bordering on alleged money laundering.   At the resumed …

An Ikeja special offences court in Lagos has fixed January 20, 2025, for the arraignment of Ahmed Kuru, former managing director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), over allegations of N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud.   Kuru is to be arraigned alongside Roy Ilegbodu, managing director of Arik Air; Kamilu Omokide, receiver manager of Arik Air; Union …

Three Nigerian nationals have been indicted in the United States of America for their roles in a transnational internet-enabled investment fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced in a statement.    The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, unsealed charges against the Nigerian men, Augustine Chibuzo Onyeachonam, 30, Stanley Asiegbu, …

Justice Suleiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday, December 09, 2024 sentenced a student, Akanbi Akorede Afeez, to two years imprisonment for internet fraud.     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a statement on Tuesday, December 10, disclosed that Afeez was arraigned on a lone-count charge bordering on internet fraud.   …

A Toronto resident who lost $355,000 in a romance cryptocurrency fraud was able to recover some of those funds after the Nigerian man, Omonkhoa Precious Afure, who was allegedly behind the scam was arrested, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) reveals.    LIB reported that Omonkhoa was arrested on November 8, 2021, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, following credible intelligence …

Nigerian rapper, Blaqbonez, has publicly declared that he is confident no one can accuse him of paternity fraud. According to Google, paternity fraud is the intentional misidentification of a child’s biological father. It can occur when a woman names a man as the child’s father on a birth certificate or in legal proceedings, even though she knows he may not …