Beyond the Headlines
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned banks against providing foreign exchange to customers who have no intention of travelling outside the country. The anti-graft agency said there are clear indications that some bank customers present fake travel documents, including false flight bookings, to obtain foreign exchange, vowing to clamp down on any […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has labelled the Lekki area of Lagos State as the hotbed of cybercrime in Nigeria. The anti-graft agency said this in a post titled, ‘Lekki now hotbed of cybercrime – EFCC’, on its Facebook page on Friday. Data released by the agency showed that 402 suspects were arrested in […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it recorded a total of 30 convictions on Wednesday. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, in separate court judgments in Rivers and Kwara states, 27 persons were convicted for internet fraud, while three sureties were convicted for “perversion of […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked banks to investigate the source of income of their customers. Abdulrasheed Bawa, EFCC chairman, said this on Tuesday, when members of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria (ACAEBIN) paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. Bawa said some customers will receive a […]
Operatives of the Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 42 suspected internet fraudsters in separate operations in Awka and Enugu. Twenty-nine (29) of the suspects were arrested in Awka while thirteen (13) were arrested in Enugu following intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects are: Chimezie […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday declined an application by former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha asking it to restrain the Imo State Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from confiscating his properties. A State High Court in Owerri had earlier (on Monday) ordered the final and absolute forfeiture of […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of one Tobilola Ibrahim Bakare and Alimi Seun Sikiru for fraud. The convicts were ordered to forfeit assets, including the sums of N196,741,216.82 and N7,054,852.01 in bank accounts; two vehicles, a Mercedes Benz E500 and a Toyota Hilux 2020, and a five-bedroom duplex situated […]
The Nigerian police have arraigned a young man, Joshua Adeyinka Kayode, (22), before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for allegedly using a fake investment scheme to defraud 170 people to the tune of N10.7 billion. He was arraigned on Thursday before Justice Tijjani Ringim on 170 counts of conspiracy and obtaining money by […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has arrested three persons over alleged illegal exportation of pangolin scales and elephant tusks worth N22.3 billion in Lagos. Hameed Ali, comptroller general of customs, disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday. Ali said the items seized included pangolin scales in 196 sacks weighing 17,137.44kg, elephant tusks weighing […]
Mompha claimed that the EFCC contacted him after Hushpuppi was apprehended abroad and asked him to delete his social media pages and maintain a low profile after the incident. The Nigerian anti-graft agency, EFCC, on Monday, dissociated itself from claims by Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, wherein he claimed they advised him to maintain a low […]
