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Update: 300-level FUTA student killed himself over alleged fraud and family disagreements

Update: 300-level FUTA student killed himself over alleged fraud and family disagreements

Fresh facts have emerged as to why the 300-level student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Olona Oluwapelumi, committed suicide at his residence in Akure, the Ondo State capital.   The deceased, who was in the Department of Industrial Design at the university,  hanged himself in his room. …

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Borussia Dortmund star, Youssoufa Moukoko ‘caught up in age fraud storm amid claims he is 22 and not 18’

Borussia Dortmund star, Youssoufa Moukoko

Borussia Dortmund footballer, Youssoufa Moukoko has reportedly been caught up in the age storm that has rocked Cameroonian football.   Moukoko, who was born in Yaounde, Cameroon, before moving to live in Germany in 2014 where he was adopted, is alleged to be 22, rather than 18, according to claims in Germany.  …

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Two Bankers bag three years jail term for N9.4m ATM card fraud in Makurdi

Two Bankers bag three years jail term for N9.4m ATM card fraud in Makurdi

Two bankers identified as Agbo John Agama and Edoh Steve were today, Wednesday, January 11, 2023, convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment by Justice Mojisola Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, for conspiracy, aiding and abetting fraud to the tune of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira …

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Underage voters and their parents will be arrested for electoral fraud – INEC

Underage voters and their parents will be arrested for electoral fraud - INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again warned underage voters to stay away from polling units during 2023 election.    In the warning issued on Monday, January 2 during an interview on Channels Television, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye said underage voters will be arrested …

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FTX crypto boss, Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250million bail after returning to US from Bahamas over alleged $1.8 billion fraud

FTX crypto boss, Sam Bankman-Fried to be released on $250million bail after returning to US from Bahamas over alleged $1.8 billion fraud

FTX crypto boss, Sam Bankman-Fried will be released on a $ 250 million bond after a deal was struck today in a New York City courtroom.    He was arrested in the Bahamas last week on a range of fraud and money laundering charges for what prosecutors described as one of the biggest financial crimes …

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Bishop Lamor Whitehead arrested for fraud, extortion, and false statement months after he was robbed during church service

Bishop Lamor Whitehead arrested for fraud, extortion, and false statement months after he was robbed during church service

Lamor Whitehead, a flashy Brooklyn pastor who was robbed months ago during church service, was charged on Monday, Dec. 19, with fraud, extortion, and lying to federal authorities.   Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Mr. Whitehead solicited money from victims, including a retired parishioner, through threats or false promises of enriching …

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Police arrest two Nigerian nationals and one Ghanaian for cyber fraud in India; recover fake passport of Bollywood star, Aishwarya Rai

Police arrest two Nigerian nationals and one Ghanaian for cyber fraud in India; recover fake passport of Bollywood star, Aishwarya Rai

Two Nigerian nationals and a Ghanaian have been arrested in India for allegedly being involved in cyber fraud.   The accused identified as Eke Uferemvukwe, Okoloi Damion, both from Nigeria, and Adwin Collines, from Ghana, were arrested in Greater Noida.    The accused are ‘cyber criminals who, along with their other associates, have been …

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