Tag Archives: jails

A court in New York on Wednesday, June 26, sentenced Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison.   The former Honduran President was convicted of helping cartels to traffic hundreds of tons of cocaine into the US in March.    The sentence also included an $8 million (roughly €7.5 million) fine. …

Justice C.A. Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has convicted and sentenced one Osazee Kenneth Imagbenikaro to jail for spraying naira notes.     Imagbenikaro was convicted on a two count charge for offence bordering on spraying naira notes on Thursday May 16, 2024 contrary to …

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, has sentenced Aluko Tunmise to one year in prison for his involvement in a celebrity scam.    Tunmise was prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a cybercrime-related charge.   This was disclosed in a post …

Justice Nnamdi Dimg alt=”Court jails 27 internet fraudsters in Awka” class=”img-responsive text-center” style=”margin: auto;”ba of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State has convicted and jailed 27 internet fraudsters.  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured their conviction after they pleaded guilty to one-count separate charges bordering …

Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Kano, has convicted and sentenced two illegal Bureau-de-Change operators identified as Munkaila Sani and Mohammed Sani, to one-year imprisonment for operating BDC without licence.   The Economic Financial Crimes Commission made this known in a post shared on its X …

Justices  A. Isiaka  and A.A Bello  of the Kaduna State High Court  sitting in Kaduna have convicted and sentenced Bilbert Sabo, Joy Righteous, Godwill Dikko and Ransom Joash Destiny to various jail terms for internet fraud.   They were arrested and arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC …

  Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Thursday, December 14, 2023 convicted and sentenced Olaniyan Gbenga Amos to seventy five, 75, years imprisonment for multiple investment fraud.   A statement from the agency says Amos was convicted alongside his firm, Detorrid Heritage Investment …

Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State has convicted and sentenced a fake United States military officer, Zulayman Haruna to two-year imprisonment.   He was jailed on Wednesday, November 30, 2023, after pleading guilty to one-count charge of internet fraud upon being arraigned by …

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of thirty-three (33) internet fraudsters to various jail terms.   The convicts were jailed by Justices Ladiran Akintola, Adebukola Olajide and M.O. Ishola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan; Justice B.B. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Maiduguri Zonal Command, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Sadiq Mustapha to one year imprisonment over a land fraud charge.   Mustapha was convicted of defrauding one Yawudi Zarma to the tune of N3.9 million, after Zarma paid the money for the purchase …