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- Financial Crime
- November 28, 2024
- 208 views
Court jails police, immigration officers for seven years over employment fraud
A federal high court in Gombe has sentenced two police officers and an immigration operative to seven years in prison over N1.6 million employment fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes…
- Corruption , Financial Crime
- November 19, 2024
- 195 views
EFCC chairman sacks two ‘corrupt’ officials
Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has announced the dismissal of two officials over alleged corruption. Speaking on Tuesday at the annual criminal law review…
- Financial Crime
- November 18, 2024
- 179 views
EFCC chairman says lawyers support mega financial fraud
The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, says no mega financial fraud, especially illicit financial flows, is possible without lawyers’ support. Olukoyede stated this during the opening…
- Financial Crime
- November 6, 2024
- 172 views
N1.3tn fraud: Okowa spends second night in EFCC custody
The former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, is still being held at the Port Harcourt, Rivers State office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. This makes it his…
- Financial Crime , Scams & Hoaxes
- November 3, 2024
- 218 views
Police arrest 113 foreign nationals over cybercrime
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested no fewer than 130 suspects for “high-level” cybercrimes. Among the suspects are 113 foreign nationals comprising 87 males and 26 females from…
- Financial Crime
- November 3, 2024
- 200 views
N15m bribe claim: Bobrisky released on bail after denying voicenote
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, on bail. The embattled cross-dresser was stopped and removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM…
- Financial Crime
- October 23, 2024
- 194 views
FG Drops All Charges Against Binance Executive Gambaryan
The Federal government has dropped all charges against an executive at Binance Holdings, Tigran Gambaryan on health grounds. Gambaryan has been facing money laundering trial from detention since April. A…
- Financial Crime
- October 16, 2024
- 226 views
Journalist arrested at Urban Radio was involved in N700m ponzi scheme, says EFCC
The Economic and Financial Criminal Commission (EFCC) says the journalist arrested at Urban Radio 94.5FM Enugu was allegedly involved in a N700 million ponzi scheme. In a statement on Tuesday,…
- Corruption , Financial Crime
- October 6, 2024
- 230 views
EFCC Asks Court To Dismiss Emefiele’s Move To Stop Seizure Of $2.04m, Others
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to dismiss an application filed by the former governor of the Central Bank of…
- Financial Crime
- October 1, 2024
- 199 views
Alleged N27bn fraud: Ex-Taraba gov Ishaku remanded in custody
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday remanded former Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku and former Permanent Secretary of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy…
- Financial Crime
- September 10, 2024
- 229 views
Money Laundering: Prosecution Of Bank Executives To Commence Soon — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said bank executives are complicit in aiding money laundering in the country, adding that it would commence prosecution soon. Speaking at the…
- Financial Crime , Scams & Hoaxes
- September 6, 2024
- 187 views
EFCC returns stolen $180,300, 53 cars to Canada
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday handed over a total of $180,300 and 53 vehicles, fraudulently taken by some Nigerians from Canadian citizens to the Royal Canadian Mounted…
- Financial Crime , Scams & Hoaxes
- September 3, 2024
- 236 views
Court Jails ‘Yahoo Boy’ For Impersonating Flavour N’abania, Duping American
The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced one Courage Ikpaka to two years imprisonment for duping a United States citizen, Mrs Yvelte M. Thompson of $53,000 by impersonating Nigerian…
- Financial Crime
- September 2, 2024
- 227 views
Tingo CEO, Dozy Mmobuosi, fined $250m for inflating financial performance
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed a $250 million penalty on Nigerian businessman and a former CEO of Tingo Group, Dozy Mmobuosi, for inflating the company’s financial performance.…
- Financial Crime
- August 29, 2024
- 224 views
EFCC arrests four men for ‘demanding $1m on behalf of Olukoyede’
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested four men for allegedly impersonating Ola Olukoyede, chair of the anti-graft agency. In a statement by Dele Oyewale, EFCC…
