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‘Crypto king’ Sam Bankman-Fried is jailed for 25 years over £6,350,000,000 fraud

?Crypto king? Sam Bankman-Fried is jailed for 25 years over �6,350,000,000 fraud

Disgraced crypto king, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded.   U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence on Thursday, March 28, at a Manhattan court hearing after rejecting Bankman-Fried’s claim …

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EFCC arraigns fake Afghan soldier for $1000 Internet fraud in Port Harcourt

EFCC arraigns fake Afghan soldier for $1000 Internet fraud in Port Harcourt

  The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 14, 2024, arraigned David Ikeaghichi before Justice S. D. Pam of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State for impersonating an Afghanistan soldier and obtaining money under false pretence.   Ikeaghichi is …

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Paternity fraud: DNA test should be done immediately after a woman welcomes a baby – Nigerian woman says as she recounts how her baby was almost swapped after birth

A Nigerian lady, Kemi, whose baby was almost swapped during delivery  has suggested that DNA tests should be done immediately after pregnant women deliver their babies.   The lady called into a program on TVC this morning as Paternity fraud was being discuss.   According to Kemi, she and another …

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Tinubu suspends Rural Electrification Agency MD and three others over N1.2bn fraud

Tinubu suspends Rural Electrification Agency MD and three others over N1.2bn fraud

Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad has been suspended by President Bola Tinubu alongside three other executive directors of the agency over alleged ₦1.2 billion fraud.   Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said this came after findings from an investigation.    It …

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Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to perjury and is sentenced to jail in Civil Fraud Trial

Ex-Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to perjury and is sentenced to jail in Civil Fraud Trial

Allen Weisselberg, Donald Trump’s former Chief Financial Officer, has pleaded guilty to five counts of perjury in connection to testimony he gave during the former president’s civil fraud trial last fall. The 76-year-old surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney’s office early Monday, March 4 following weeks of negotiations with prosecutors. …

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