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Court Strikes Out $8.8m Fraud Charge Against British Nationals
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday struck out a $8.8m fraud charge brought against two British nationals,…
Ex-bank MD, 4 others arraigned over N1 billion fraud
The former Managing Director of Mainstreet Bank Registrars Limited, Lagos, Oluwadare Akingbola, 40, and four others have been arraigned before…
Man jailed for 3 years over N5.8m fraud
An Osun Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Tuesday sentenced one Olayinka Awofisoye, 33, to three years imprisonment over N5.8million…
Fani-Kayode Challenges Court’s Jurisdiction over alleged N4.9bn Fraud
A former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to hands off his…
Retired Navy officer docked over N90m fraud
A retired Navy Capt. Jerry Ogbonna, 63, who allegedly defrauded two banks of N90 million, was on Monday remanded in…
$166.9m Fraud: 2 Microfinance Bank Chiefs Face Trial
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria on Friday fixed the trial of the Managing Director of Integrated…
Man Arrested For Fraud
A 28-year-old man, Abraham Ehada, on Monday appeared before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly conspiring with his friend…
Man Nabbed For N1.6m Fraud
A 26-year-old man, Kehinde Adenekan, who allegedly collected N1.6 million from three persons under false pretences, was on Monday docked…
Woman In Court Over N300,000 Fraud
A suspect, Rachel Isaac, 37, who allegedly obtained N300,000 from three people under false pretences was on Monday arraigned before…
Sales rep faces trial for alleged N21m fraud
A sales representative, John James, who allegedly impersonated a company’s delivery agent to obtain N21 million under false pretences, on…
N3.2bn fraud: Court adjourns ex-Gov. trial until April 12
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday adjourned until April 12 for continuation of trial of a former Governor…
Man Joins Fraud Business To Recover His Money
A suspected fraudster paraded by the Abia State Police Command has confessed that he was once a victim of fraud,…
Bureau De Change Operator Faces N22.6m Fraud
A 41-year-old bureau de change operator, Oluwasegun Ajayi, who allegedly obtained N22.6 million under false pretences, was on Friday granted…
EFCC arraigns consultant over alleged N8m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned a man, Innocent Lazarus before an FCT High Court, Kubwa,…
N8bn CBN currency scam: Absence of defence counsel stalls trial
The eight billion naira CBN currency scam before Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, suffered another adjournment…
Teacher faces N500,000 fraud
A 49-year-old secondary school teacher, Abayomi Abdul, who allegedly obtained N500,000 from 14 students under false pretences, was on Thursday…
Fraud trial: Ademola, wife, file no-case-submission
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, his wife, charged with fraud before Jude Okeke of the FCT High Court, on Tuesday filed a…
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EFCC Docks FUTA VC, Bursar for N156m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arraigned the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure,…
N10.5m fraud: Accused refunds sum
Defence counsel in a case of N10.5 million fraud, Mr Hope Okuokpai, on Thursday told an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in…
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EFCC Arraigns 4 for $1m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned the quartet of Umar Audu Bida, Truth Igogori, Ifenyinwa Nwankwesiri…
Lagos moves to curb fraud in public service
The Lagos State Government is currently moving to checkmate fraud and corruption in the public service by engaging 200 workers…
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Seun Egbegbe arrested for attempted forex fraud
Popular Yoruba film producer, Seun Egbegbe, was yesterday arrested for an alleged N10 million fraud. This is happening barely two…
Police arraign 2 brothers for N800,000 fraud
Two brothers, Hassan Moruf, 35, and Hassan Temitope, 30, were on Tuesday arraigned before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly…
Ex-banker in court for N1.5b fraud
An ex-banker, who allegedly swindled 26 different people to the tune of N1.5 billion appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court…
Police arrest bank chairman over fraud
Former Chairman of Cashcow Microfinance Bank Ltd Igbosere Lagos Island, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Dr Wale Adeduro, who has eluded…
Man jailed 3 years for defrauding bishop Oyedepo
Justice Binta Fatima Isah of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Zaria, yesterday January 17, 2017, convicted and sentenced…
Fleeing banker arrested over N30m fraud
A former staff of a new generation bank in Lagos, Kayode Ayodele, 34, who has been on the run since…
FCT residents express concern over Instagram fraud
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Saturday expressed concern over the rise in the use of Instagram,…
Volkswagen executive charged with fraud denied bail
A Volkswagen executive arrested in the U.S. over the German carmaker’s emissions-cheating scandal has been denied bail by a federal…
U.S based Nigerian dentist guilty of $1million fraud
Dr Oluwatoyin Solarin, a U.S-based dentist, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Georgia Medicaid program of nearly $1 million. Solarin,…