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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 792 foreign nationals for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams, marking the largest such operation in the commission’s history.   The commission in a statement released aid among those arrested are 148 Chinese nationals, 40 Filipinos, two Khazartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian. The agency said the …

Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has alerted the general public to a new scam method that some unscrupulous Nigerians employ to swindle unsuspecting masses of their hard-earned money. In a post shared on her Instagram page, she described how the fraudulent Nigerians play out the act and perpetrate it. Exposing the new method, the actress disclosed that the people looking to …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Jabi, Abuja, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, sentenced one Praise Igbo Humphrey, also known as Jessica Allen, to one year in prison for defrauding an American.  The conviction followed a one-count charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), including internet fraud, criminal impersonation, obtaining money under false pretences, …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Jabi,  Abuja has convicted and sentenced one Praise Humphrey Igbo (a.k.a) Jessica Allen to one year imprisonment for fraud amounting to $115,000.    Humphrey who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge, bordering on internet crime, criminal impersonation, was convicted by Justice H.L Abba-Aliyu …

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court has sentenced Mr Solomon Ogodo, a Superintendent of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for his involvement in forgery, employment racketeering and fraud.   The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)  had in December 2022 arraigned Mr Ogodo in charge no: CR/503/2022 before Justice M.S. Idris of the …

A cryptocurrency trader has been found guilty of murdering his mother in order to claim over a million dollars in life insurance and maintain an illusion of living a perfect life, a court heard.Colleen Rebelo, 58, was found d3ad in the shower by her youngest son at her home in Perth, Australia, on May 25, 2020.It was later discovered that …

An American woman has narrated how she fell victim to two Nigerian internet fraudsters, popularly known as “Yahoo boys”, who posed as love interests.  The woman said that in spite of the nasty experiences,  she still loves Nigerian men who, according to her, are the “sexiest and most handsome men on this planet”.  In a video that went viral on …

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested one Halima Yakubu Ngulde for suspected involvement in employment fraud.   She was arrested in Unguwan Kanawa, Kaduna State, following credible intelligence linking her to obtaining money from job seekers on fraudulent promise of getting job placements for them in the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army …

A pastor from Praise and Worship Centre Assembly in Zimbabwe, Lebraity Makuni, has been arrested for allegedly staging an armed robbery to cover up his own misdeeds.    Makuni, 28, reported to police that he had been robbed of $7,500 and various valuables at his home in Chitungwiza. However, investigations revealed that the pastor fabricated the incident to hide a …

Getty Images Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is to introduce facial recognition technology to try and crack down on scammers who fraudulently use celebrities in adverts. Elon Musk and personal finance expert, Martin Lewis, are among those to fall victim to such scams, which typically promote investment schemes and crypto-currencies. Mr Lewis previously told the Today programme, on BBC Radio …