A Federal High Court in Abuja will on August 29 deliver judgment in the extradition suit filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) against the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, over his alleged link with Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, an alleged internet fraudster held in the United States. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has extradited one Adedunmola Gbadegesin to the United States over a wire fraud scam worth $148,000. Gbadegesin, who was extradited on Monday, is wanted in the US over an alleged conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. According to the EFCC, the office of the attorney-general […]
A businesswoman, Chinyere Emeka-Atu, has been accused of defrauding traders and market women of over N600m in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the woman used her company, Family Food Support Association, to gather unsuspecting members of the public, including petty traders, to part away with N9,000 every month to get a higher return […]
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a fake army general, Bolarinwa Abiodun. Abiodun was brought before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday on 13 counts bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of documents and possession of […]
A dismissed police inspector, John Terso 45, has been arrested by the operatives of the Edo State Police command over alleged impersonation and fraud. It was gathered that the officer, who was sacked from the police in 2019, had been parading himself as an Assistant Superintendent of Police. He was said to have defrauded […]
A Nigerian man has been sentenced to federal prison on Thursday for federal fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas. The man, Sobanke Idris Sunday Adereti, 24, was sentenced to 33 months by U.S. District Judge, Jeremy D. Kernodle, after he pleaded guilty to passport fraud and attempted bank fraud. doctorate degrees No […]
A federal high court in Benin, Edo state, has sentenced Debest Osarumwense, mother of Endurance Osarumwense, an internet fraudster. In a statement on Tuesday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson, said Debest was arraigned by the Benin zonal command on a one-count charge for “aiding her son to receive the sum of N91,296,150.00, proceeds of his […]
Operatives of the Katsina State Command of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested eight suspected hackers and fraudsters in the state. The suspects were arrested with aim of getting rid of the activities of criminal elements operating in all parts of the state with several operations carried out by the command. While […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, deferred hearing on the application seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of America, USA, to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, till April 27. […]
Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday arrested 17 internet fraud suspects known as Yahoo-Yahoo Boys in Makurdi, Benue State. The suspects include: Samuel C., Uvande A., Joseph G., Ageva A., Emmanuel O., Ochiwu M., Dominic O, Ikpema S, Otse A., and Aondowase T. Others […]
