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‘How threats by Nigerian fraudster led U.S. teenager to commit suicide’
By Ayorinde Olukun Ayotunde Solademi, a Foreign Service National Investigator with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI has narrated at…
EFCC arraigns two for possession of solid minerals without license
Their journey to the dock started when the Ilorin Command of the EFCC received intelligence about the activities of some…
EFCC catches 26 internet fraudsters in Abuja
According to him, the suspected internet fraudsters were arrested at New Nyanya, Nasarawa State following actionable intelligence about their suspected…
Ibrahim Lamorde was a gallant anti-graft fighter, EFCC mourns
Lamorde died on Sunday in Egypt where he had gone for treatment.
Court jails eight for internet fraud
The convicts started their journey to the Correctional Centre when they were arrested by operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command…
Gombe woman Janty Emmanuel arrested for spraying naira notes
She was arrested on Monday, May 20, 2024, following intelligence that spotted her spraying the Naira notes at a social…
EFCC presents 5th witness against Mompha in court
The prosecution then tendered the documents containing the account opening package and urged the court to admit them into evidence.
Oba of Benin drops bombshell, says EFCC is aiding crimes
The Oba accused an unnamed female EFCC investigators of allegedly sweeping glaring evidence of fraud against the suspects under the…
EFCC grabs 78 for internet fraud in Enugu, Imo
According to the statement, while 29 suspects were arrested on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Enugu State metropolis, the remaining…
Alleged N1.2bn fraud: Trial of ex-INEC boss Prof Iwu stalled
When the matter was mentioned, Professor Iwu was not in court and was not represented by any counsel. The prosecutor…
12 internet fraudsters jailed in Makurdi
They all pleaded guilty to their charges when they were read to them, prompting Prosecution counsel, A.S Idris, M. Yusuf,…
EFCC arrests three siblings for suspected internet fraud
Items recovered from them include a car, six mobile phones, one laptop and cash totaling N3,562,750.00 (Three Million Five Hundred…
EFCC arrests five suspected Forex speculators in Aba
They were arrested by operatives of the Command, following weeks of surveillance and credible intelligence.
ISSAN seeks closer collaboration with EFCC on cyber security
ISSAN is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the protection of Nigeria’s cyberspace. It is also significantly involved in ensuring the…
EFCC hands over $22,000 recovered from internet fraudster to FBI
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos had, on August 15, 2023, ordered that the…
EFCC grabs 23 internet fraudsters in Enugu
Twenty-three (23) suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Enugu…
Alleged N8bn fraud: Court fixes date for arraignment of Sirika, brother on fresh charges
In the fresh eight-count charge, EFCC had alleged that Sirika conferred an unfair advantage upon Enginos Nigeria Limited, whose alter…
Emefiele: Contractor narrates how he was forced to pay $600,000 bribe
Onyejiuwa, who is the Managing Director of The Source Computers Limited, testified in the ongoing trial of Emefiele for alleged…
Ex-Aviation minister Hadi Sirika, others to be arraigned Thursday
Sirika was invited by the Abuja Zonal Command of the commission on the alleged contract malfeasance and was promptly interrogated…
Internet fraud: 41 plead guilty, jailed in Anambra
The suspects were arraigned the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on the charges before…
EFCC re-arraigns Kwara businessman, one other for $10,000 fraud
Attempts by the prosecution to tender in evidence the extra-judicial statements and fraudulent documents printed from the defendants’ devices were…
Ex-FCMB manager bags 121-year jail term for stealing customer’s N112m
Placidus was arrested following a petition by Idemili Microfinance Bank LTD to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The…
Rivers man Prince Onyeoziri bags 7-year jail term for internet fraud
Testifying further, he told the court that the defendant in his voluntary statement to the EFCC, confessed to being into…
Naira abuse: EFCC, Cubana Chief Priest go for out-of-court settlement
The EFFC later arraigned him before Justice Kehinde Ogundare on three counts bordering on abuse of naira, spraying and tampering…
Cybercrimes: EFCC boss boasts of securing 500 convictions in few months
“We are much ready to do more and also to encourage the heads of the world to give access to…
Faces of 23 crooks jailed for Internet fraud in Oyo, Osun
They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents,…
Ex-Kwara finance commissioner Ademola Banu docked for N1.22bn fraud
The anti-graft agency alleged that among others, Ademola Banu conspired to divert the funds during the administration of Governor Abdulfatah…
EFCC gets court order to freeze 1146 suspicious bank accounts
While granting the order on Wednesday, 24 April, Justice Emeka Nwite granted ordered that the accounts be frozen “pending conclusion…
‘Surrender to EFCC, don’t disgrace us,’ Ortom tells Yahaya Bello
Ortom advised Bello to honour the invitation of the EFCC to defend his administration while speaking on Sunday at the…
EFCC nabs 34 suspected currency speculators in Abuja
The suspected currency traffickers were arrested in a sting operation following credible intelligence about illegal sales of dollars, Dele Oyewale,…