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 fraud scheme in the United States. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts under the Department of Justice revealed this in a […]
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 MTN Nigeria Communication’s computers and stealing airtime and data worth N1.9 billion. Oluwabukola and Odemerho, students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) Abeokuta, Ogun State, and […]
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’ released on Wednesday, Meta announced the network disruption of two sets of accounts in Nigeria affiliated with ‘yahoo boys’ and involved in financial sextortion scams. […]
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. This is coming after the said woman had allegedly made efforts to intimidate and scandalize Obinna’s name and reputation. He met Kymberly Stalvey Ann Shepard […]
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 allegations of corruption. The impeachment was consequent upon a vote of no confidence against the chairman during a session of the legislative arm of the […]
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 Emeka Nwite, a judge at the federal high court in Abuja. Omotilewa pleaded not guilty to the four counts. In the amended charge filed on […]
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 American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, has told the FCT High Court Abuja how she was defrauded of $370,000 by a suspected Nigerian internet fraudster, Nwachi Chidozie […]
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 in Niger State for obtaining N12,400,000.00 from job seekers under false pretence, with the promise that she has the capacity to secure them employment. Olagunju, […]
A federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Gwagwalada has sentenced one Tom Makwe to two years imprisonment for defrauding a Spanish national of €47,082. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Makwe on two counts of intent to defraud over the internet. Deborah Adamu-Eteh, the prosecution counsel, told the court that the […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja has jailed the chairman and Managing Director of Famzhi Interbiz Ltd, Mariam Suleiman, for five years for defrauding investors to the tune of N2bn. A statement from the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday said that the conviction was a major boost to the enforcement activities of the commission. […]
