The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 192 foreign nationals for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams, marking the largest such operation in the commission’s history. Among those arrested are 148 Chinese nationals, 40 Filipinos, two Khazartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian. The suspects were apprehended in a surprise […]
A Nigerian man, identified as Johnson, has been arrested in Delhi for duping an Indian woman from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, with a fake matrimonial profile and promising marriage. Rajnandgaon police apprehended Johnson, who is accused of swindling the woman of lakhs of rupees under the pretense of marriage. Police revealed that Johnson had been living in […]
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a suspected online fraudster, Osang Usie Otukpa, for allegedly duping 139 Australians to the tune of $AUD8,000,000 (Eight Million Australian Dollars). He was picked up in a stake out at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos upon arrival from the United States of […]
A 37-year-old Nigerian, Abiola Kayode, who had been on the FBI’s Most Wanted Cyber Criminal List, has been extradited from Ghana to Nebraska, United States. This followed a conspiracy to commit wire fraud indictment filed against him in August 2019. According to a statement from the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Nebraska on Thursday, […]
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has struck out an alleged ₦4.8 billion fraud charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), against the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto. Justice Oyindamola Ogala struck out the charge after counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), informed the court […]
The federal capital territory (FCT) high court has sentenced Solomon Ogodo, an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to seven years in prison over an employment scam. Ogodo was accused of defrauding unsuspecting job seekers to the tune of N12.2 million. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) […]
The police command in zone 16, Bayelsa state, has arrested three suspects over alleged internet fraud and possession of illicit drugs. The suspects are Billion Ndubuisi, Charles Amachree, and Martins Chinemike. In a statement on Saturday, Gunn Emonena, spokesperson of zone 16, said the suspects were arrested at Rumukparali community, Obio/Akpo LGA in Rivers state […]
The Federal Government has fired some civil servants with degrees from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo, The PUNCH reports. The directive affected federal workers who graduated from the institutions from 2017 to date. The Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, […]
An Ikeja special offences court has sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Kristen Uyanwanne, to 10 years in jail for using the church to steal N52 million. NAN reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned the couple and the Temple International Church on a seven-count charge of stealing and fraud on February […]
The Nigeria Police Force has arraigned 113 foreign nationals before the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges related to cybercrime, including computer-related fraud, marketing scams, money laundering, and unlawful access to data. According to a statement on Monday via X, by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the arrests were made on November […]
