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Nigerian man’s wedding called off after he and his fiancée were arrested over alleged fraud in the U.S. (photos/video)

A Nigerian man, Darlington Akporugo and his fiancée, Jasmin Sood, who were supposed to get married tomorrow, May 25, in Houston, Texas, USA, have been arrested for alleged fraud, with their wedding called off. The couple was arrested in April on charges of conspiring to defraud more than a dozen …

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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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