Tag: efcc
N33bn fraud: Mompha remanded in prison custody
Suspected Internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, has pleaded not guilty to a N33 billion money laundering charge levelled against…
EFCC arraigns suspected Internet fraudster, Mompha
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned suspected internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha.
EFCC secures convictions of 9 internet fraudsters
The EFCC, Benin Zonal office, has secured the convictions of nine internet fraudsters before Justice Emeke Nwite of the Federal…
EFCC takes 7 internet fraudsters into custody after massive raid
Seven suspected internet fraudsters are currently cooling off in the detention facility of the Uyo Zonal office of the Economic…
EFCC in Calabar arrests 2 brothers, CRUTECH, UNICAL, BSU students for Internet fraud
In their latest crackdown on Nigeria’s Internet fraudsters, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Office…
How ex-lawmakers swindled Kwara of N5 billion – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered how 24 ex-lawmakers of the Kwara State House of Assembly, former…
Two brothers, the Onojiolous jailed for N15.4m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal office, on Thursday November 21, 2019 secured the conviction of two…
Busted: EFCC releases list of five captured ‘Yahoo Boys’
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office have arrested five suspected internet fraudsters.
P&ID: EFCC files amended charges against Nolan
The Economic and Financial Crimes commission on Thursday re- arraigned James Nolan, a British National before Justice Okon Abang of…
Sagay backs Magu’s appointment as EFCC chair
Professor Itse Sagay, chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has made a case for the appointment of…
Maina faces fresh charge of contract racketeering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned Abdulrasheed Maina on a fresh charge of contract racketeering and stealing
FBI-wanted scammer Oluwatosin forfeits house, cars, bags prison term
An FBI-wanted scammer, Emmanuel Adedeji Oluwatosin, was convicted on Tuesday by Justice M S. Sifawa of the Sokoto State High…
How jailed fraudster masterminded $1 million internet scam from prison
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has uncovered how a jailed fraudster masterminded an internet scam worth $1 million…
N209m Money Laundering: EFCC re-arraigns 606 Auto Dealer boss
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos office, has re-arraigned one Samusideen Babafemi Sarumi, owners of 606 Autos Limited,…
7 Enugu ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ boys sent to prison
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court Enugu today sentenced seven internet fraudsters to various jail terms.
EFCC arrests siblings for extorting ‘Yahoo boys’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, has arrested two blood brothers for extorting internet fraudsters with…
Kaduna Councillor in Custody over N11m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has arraigned a Councillor, Theophilus Madami on a two-count charge…
Internet fraudster goes to jail
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Osarumwense Henry…
Court orders forfeiture of suspected fraudster’s property to FG
Justice P. Mallong of Federal High Court, Kaduna on Thursday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a three bedroom bungalow, belonging…
How I delivered money to Obasanjo’s Library – Witness
When the trial of Babalele son in-law of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar resumed Wednesday the EFCC witness, Bashir Mohammed,…
Court rejects ex-lawmaker’s oral application
A Kwara State High Court Sitting in Ilorin, the State Capital on Wednesday, refused an oral application brought by a…
Diezani Alison-Madueke’s extradition runs into hitches
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has run into hitches in getting Nigeria's former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke extradited to…
Money laundering: ‘How I delivered $140,000 to Obasanjo’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has commenced the trial of Abdullahi Babalele, son-in-law of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who…
Diezani Alison-Madueke: Justice Ijeoma gives EFCC ultimatum on extradition
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday handed an ultimatum to the Economic and Financial…
Ex-pension chief Maina wanted in Niamey over $1.7m stashed in house
Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, now facing trial in Nigeria for stealing pension money, is…
Port Harcourt Lawyer Obienu docked by EFCC for N200m fraud
A Port Harcourt based lawyer, Nwabufo Richard Obienu, along with his company, Forric Nigeria Limited has been docked by the…
Employment Scam: EFCC to re-arraign Offa Poly Lecturer
Indications emerged on Thursday, November 7, 2019 that Mustapha Ilyas Abdulwasiu, embattled lecturer of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State,…
EFCC, ICPC stripped of powers to seize assets in corruption cases
A government gazette just published has stripped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices And…
EFCC arraigns ex-banker for stealing $8,907 from Major-General
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned one Anieka Udoh for allegedly stealing the sum of $8,…
Magu pledges Diaspora Info Desk at EFCC
A Diaspora Information Desk would soon be established by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, its chairman, Ibrahim Magu said…