Tag: fraud
Surety, 72, docked over escape of two suspects
Paul Iyoghojie A 72-year old pensioner, Gabriel Amoo Smith, who stood as a surety for two suspects, Danladi Mohammed Wushishi…
N100m fraud: Court orders company CEO to forfeit all assets to victim
An Ikeja High Court on Friday ordered a company, Folik International Ventures Limited, to forfeit its assets to another company…
Police arraign 5 brothers over N91.5m fraud
The police on Wednesday arraigned five brothers in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with N91.5 million land fraud.…
Liberty Reserve boss pleads guilty to fraud charges
The head of technology for Liberty Reserve, an alternative digital currency used in what authorities called a massive global fraud…
Facebook Fraudsters Impersonate Fashola
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday called on residents of the state to be wary of a facebook scam whereby…
EFCC declares banker wanted over N6.2billion fraud
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has declared a banker, Godswill Oyegwa Oyoyou, an Information Technology…
Homeowners’ Charter: Ogun alerts public on fraudsters antics
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Members of the public have been warned by the Ogun State Government to watch out for fraudsters that…
Corruption costs poor countries $1.0 trillion a year
Corruption, fraud and money-laundering cost poor countries a total of $1.0 trillion a year, the anti-poverty organisation ONE said in…
EFCC Arrests Former Bank Manager for N81m Fraud
A former branch manager of a new generation bank, (Ecobank Plc), Victor Amushie has been arrested by the Economic and…
Court Permits Indian Fraud Suspect To Travel Over Illness
By Henry Ojelu An Ikeja High Court has ordered that the international passport of an Indian national, Ashok Isran allegedly…
UK Detectives Probe Nigerian Accountant
A Nigerian accountant working with a chain of academies championed by Michael Gove is currently being investigated by detectives at…
Kano BDC operator bags one year jail term for N8mn fraud
Justice Faruk Lawan of Kano State High Court Thursday 10 July 2014 convicted and sentenced one Auwalu Ibrahim to one…
EFCC arraigns Taraba Accountant General for N1.6bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, arraigned the Taraba State Accountant–General, Joel Joseph Lenbang, before Justice Donatus Nwabueze…
Lagos Warns Intending Retirees Against Activities Of Fraudsters
The Lagos State government has warned the 1,200 civil servants that will retire from the public service in the next…
Spanish princess appeals tax and fraud charges
Spanish King Felipe VI’s sister, Princess Cristina, appealed on Wednesday against tax and money-laundering charges that threaten to land her…
N30m Fraud Lands Manager, Accomplice In Trouble
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arraigned a branch manager…
Nigerian Fraudster Arrested In Dubai
A suspected Nigerian fraudster, Mr. Lateef Adedoja, has been arrested in Dubai for allegedly committing several offences ranging from issuance…
6 Nigerians Arrested For Forgery In Ghana
Six Nigerians have been arrested for allegedly forging letterheads of the Office of the President of Ghana, John Mahama and…
Fraudsters Kill Ex-Customs Officer, Daughter
Yusuf Muhammed A suspected fraudster, Alhaji Olatunji Azeez, has allegedly killed a 64-year old retired customs officer, Angela Uzo Kery…
Man Dupes 100 Land Buyers
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 36-year old fake land speculator, Muyiwa Akinwande, has confessed to Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court sitting in Lagos State,…
Court defers ruling on Atuche, Ojo’s N125bn fraud trial
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed 30 September for ruling on practice direction in the trial of…
EFCC arraigns 2 for defrauding applicants of N2.25m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned James Onu and Abuchi Nwigwe before the Federal High Court in…
Pregnant Woman Saved From Prison
Moyo Fabiyi A kind Nigerian who craved anonymity has saved a housewife, Fasilat Yusuf from being sent to prison on…
Nigerian Dupes Australian Pensioner Of $90k
A Nigerian man who allegedly conned an Australian pensioner out of $90,000 in an online dating scam has appeared in…
Man Arrested At Mother’s Burial Over Fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 38-year old suspected fraudster who sneaked into the country to bury his late mother in Imo State,…
Mechanic Remanded Over Fraud
Moyo Fabiyi An auto mechanic, 52-year old Rasaq Elegbede has been remanded in Kirikiri, Apapa, Lagos by an Ikeja Senior…
Nigerian Banker Withdraws Cash From 12 Customers’ Accounts
Paul Iyoghojie A customer care officer with a new generation bank’s branch at Alaba, Ojo, Lagos, Binutiri Aribidesi Sodiq, 26,…
I Am Being Impersonated, Banky W Cries Out
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni One of Africa and Nigeria’s R&B artists, Olubankole Wellington alias Banky W, has cried out that people are…
Fraudulent promo: Etisalat files defence
The Etisalat Nigeria on Friday filed a defence in a suit instituted against it over alleged fraudulent promo. Counsel to…
N5bn Fraud: Court Grants Ex-Chevron Accountant N5m Bail
Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja Wednesday granted former Chevron accountant, Michael Adenuga, bail in the sum…