Soldiers raid Delta ‘yahoo school,’ arrest fraudsters undergoing training

Military personnel from 3 Battalion Nigerian Army Barracks at the popular Army Estate, Effurun in Uvwie, Delta State have arrested no fewer than 100 youths suspected to be internet fraudsters…

American Jailed for 68 Years Over N2.6 Billion Visa Fraud in Nigeria

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, convicted American businessman Marco Antonio Ramirez on Tuesday for his involvement in a $1.2 million (approximately N2.6 billion) EB-5…

US blocks Nigerian’s cryptocurrency fraud, imposes $50,000 fine

The Kansas Attorney General’s Office, United States, successfully thwarted an attempt by Bimbo Toyin Akinyemi, a Nigerian national, to defraud a Kansas resident of cryptocurrency. This was revealed in a…

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…

U.S. court sentences Nigerian brothers to 18 years in prison for sextortion

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten have sentenced Nigerian brothers, Samuel Ogoshi, age 24, and Samson Ogoshi, age 21 to 210 months in federal prison followed…

Two Nigerians sentenced in U.S for $5m fraud

Two Nigerians, Franklin Okwonna and Ebuka Umeti, have been sentenced to prison by a U.S. federal court for their involvement in a large-scale wire fraud scheme that defrauded victims of…

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…

Nigerian arrested over $10 million wire fraud in US

A Nigerian man, identified as Yomi Olayeye has been arrested and charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, and identity theft for his alleged role in a $10 million pandemic unemployment assistance…

How student hackers stole N1.9b data, airtime from MTN

  The Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos have brought two students- Timothy Fashina Oluwabukola and Anthony Imonina Odemerho – before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly hacking…

Meta deletes 63,000 Nigerian accounts linked to sextortion scams

  Meta, parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, says it has removed 63,000 accounts in Nigeria linked to sextortion scams. In its report ‘Combating Financial Sextortion Scams From Nigeria’…

Love scam: How American woman defrauded me into marriage as 4th husband – Ezenwa

  In a shocking tale of dating app deception, Mr. Obinna Ezenwa has come forward to share his harrowing experience of being scammed by an American woman he met online.…

Edo LG Chairman Impeached Over Alleged ₦1.7bn Budget Padding, Others

  The Legislative arm of Egor Local Government Area in Edo State has impeached the council’s chairman, Hon. Eghe Ogbemudia, over alleged padding of the council’s supplementary budget and other…

FG re-arraigns Binance on tax evasion charges

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has re-arraigned Binance on a four-count charge bordering on alleged tax evasion. Ayodele Omotilewa, Binance’s representative in Nigeria, was arraigned on Friday before…

American Victim Tells Court How Nigerian Man Defrauded Her Of $370,000

  Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley is being prosecuted by the EFCC on a two-count charge bordering on stealing, obtaining by false pretence and criminal possession of fake documents. Credit: EFCC An…

Job scam: Court remands NSCDC official in prison

  A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday ordered that an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mrs Tosin Olagunju be remanded in Suleja prison…