Tag: fraud
U.S-based Nigerian Edikan Adiakpan pleads guilty to laundering $927,000
Between 2020 and 2022, Adiakpan operated an unlicensed money transmitting business through his company, Akama Lifestyle. As part of his…
Three sales reps in serious trouble over alleged N48m fraud
He said the offences contravened Sections 419 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
Full List: 79 Nigerians named on US ‘worst criminals’ list face deportation
No fewer than 79 Nigerians listed on the United States’ “worst-of-the-worst” criminal aliens register are set to be deported under…
Nigerian, 4 Americans in big trouble over €300m global fraud
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the arrests were made at the request of the Federal Republic of Germany,…
Bank MD, Karka, jailed for five years over fraud
The defendant, however, in 2024, pleaded not guilty to the charges. This led to a full trial of the embezzlement…
Train driver joins WhatsApp fraud ring, lands in jail
Finally, the judge directed that Ofielu’s biometric details be added to the Lagos State Offenders’ Database and that his Ecobank…
How Tobechukwu Nnebocha’s journey from Poland ended in U.S. jail
A Nigerian national, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, 43, has been extradited from Poland to the United States to face charges of…
47-year-old man docked in for obtaining N1.9m
By Sandra Umeh A 47-year-old man, Austine Ireze, was on Thursday docked in an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for…
Revealed: Organized foreign fraud syndicates establishing cells in Nigerian cities
Another dimension that is not given attention is the discovery, recently, that organized foreign fraud syndicates are establishing cells in…
POS operators unveil taskforce to tackle fraud in Nasarawa
The Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, AMMBAN, Nasarawa State chapter unveiled its taskforce on Wednesday, in…
Court jails police, immigration officers for N1.6m employment fraud
Upon arraignment the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges.
Police apprehend BDC operator for alleged N320m fraud
She said that upon the conclusion of the investigation, Ngwaka, along with his co-conspirators, would be charged to court for…
Kogi: 3 in police net for using name of First Lady for fraud
The suspects, two men and a woman, had allegedly printed the forms with the name: Kogi State Cooperative Federation of…
EFCC arraigns woman for alleged N39.8 million fraud
The court thereafter adjourned the matter to July 24, 2024 for trial while the defendant was remanded at Enugu State…
EFCC arrests Pastor for N1.3bn ‘Ford Foundation’ grants scam
According to a statement from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ebonyi has been defrauding members of his church,…