Tag: efcc
Nyako: EFCC’s principal witness testifies via video link
Following the approval of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Mr Kobis Arithimni, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s…
EFCC captures eight for Pirating DSTV Signals
The EFCC, Benin Zonal office, has arrested eight (8) officials of Communication Trends Limited ( CTL), JAO TV and Worldlink,…
EFCC arrests banker, wife on FBI’s list over $1.49m money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos office, has arrested Rowly Isioro, a former Assistant General Manager with one…
EFCC captures 16 Kwara LG chairmen over N4bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kwara State Zonal Office on Friday arrested 16 Kwara Local Government chairmen over…
EFCC nabs 11 Port Harcourt Yahoo Yahoo boys
Eleven suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
EFCC to arrest doctors giving fake medical reports to accused
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Mustapha Magu, has disclosed that the Commission will…
EFCC arraigns ‘606,’ on FBI wanted list for N207.1m fraud
By Akin Kuponiyi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arraigned an automobile dealer, Sarumi Babafemi, a.k. a. 606,…
EFCC arraigns two for stealing N103.5m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos office, on Friday arraigned two person for conspiracy and stealing of N103.5…
FBI-wanted cyber criminals tracked down : Magu
EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu said his agency has been able to track down most of the cyber-criminals declared wanted…
Banker Jude Ameh, BDC employee docked for N11.3m Fraud
The EFCC Kano Zonal office has arraigned banker Jude Ameh and Ademola Aderibigbe before Justice Farouk Lawan of the Kano…
Bluekey Investment’s N4bn scam and the big protest
Protesters who invested about N4 billion in the Bluekey Investment Club across the Niger Delta have stormed the office of…
PEF GM Nnadi, Reps Mutu, others forfeit properties, cash to FG
Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo-Giwa of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday granted three separate interim forfeiture applications by the Economic…
Mothers of Yahoo Yahoo boys now have an association – Magu
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, said he is baffled that mothers of cyber…
Maina opened 15 bank accounts for himself, family, witness tells court
The trial of former Pension Reform Task Team chairman, Abdulrasheed Maina will continue on November 4, after a witness on…
Day of reckoning for 3 Yahoo Yahoo boys jailed in Ibadan
Three Internet fraudsters were sentenced today to various jail terms in Ibadan,after being found guilty of criminal charges preferred against…
‘Juju’ scam: Fake Native Doctor, two others sent to jail
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court 1, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered the remand of a…
Internet fraud suspect makes U-Turn in Ilorin
A 24 year-old internet fraud suspect, Babatunde Muhammad Bashir, today informed a Kwara state High court in Ilorin of his…
Court admits evidence by video-link, first time in Nigeria
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s application to take its principal…
First video-link testimony in Nigerian court to be or not? Decision today
A Federal High Court in Abuja will rule today on an application by the EFCC to allow a principal witness…
Offa Poly teacher Abdulwasiu remanded in jail for employment scam
Mustapha Ilyas Abdulwasiu, an accounting lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State has been remanded in Mandala Correctional Centre…
Kaduna councillor Madami arrested by EFCC
A councillor representing Kakuri Hausa Ward in Kaduna South Local Government of Kaduna State, Theophilus Madami has been arrested by…
Mompha Latest: EFCC arrests ‘voodoo-loving’ Lebanese accomplice
A suspected Lebanese accomplice of Ismaila Mustapha, a.k.a Mompha, the suspected 'Yahoo Yahoo big boy', has been arrested in Lagos…
Maitama Property messy deal lands developer in trouble
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC at the weekend arraigned one Joseph Idakho alongside his company, Zamtrac Management and…
End of road for five daring scammers using EFCC boss Magu’s name
Four members of a daring syndicate of internet ‘fraudsters’ have been arrested after they defrauded a 60 year-old American lady…
EFCC smashes 419 gang that scammed Maths professor
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has cracked down on a gang of fraudsters who specialise in exploiting personal…
Nigeria’s cyber fraudsters use ‘juju’ charms on victims, 3 jailed in Abeokuta
Juju charms are now part of the tools cybercriminals now use to target their preys as the operatives of the…
N702m Fraud: Court rules on Okupe’s no case submission Dec. 12
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed December 12, 2019 to rule on an application, by…
Maurice Iwu re-arraigned over N1.23bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday re-arraigned a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…
Fayose’s N1.2bn was transported with 2 aircraft – Banker
A former head of Zenith Bank branch in Akure, Ondo State, Sunday Alade, told the Federal High Court in Lagos…
EFCC amends internet fraud charge against Chinonso Okoroji
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has re-arraigned Okoroji Chinonso Stanley on an amended charge before Justice Giwa Ogunbanjo…