September 20, 2024
Fraud

Trump Paid Just $750 In Federal Income Tax In 2016: NYT

US President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won the election, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing tax return data extending more than 20 years. It added that he also paid only $750 in his first year in the White House, and he had paid no

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Court Convicts Fake Lawyer Practicing In Popular Law Firm

…As He Suffers High Blood Pressure & Partial Paralysis A Magistrate Court sitting in Aba in Charge No: MAS/182c/2020, has convicted a fake Lawyer, Mr. Uzochukwu Iheanacho Emenike who was earlier apprehended by the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA) Aba Branch and therefore, ordered him to pay a fine of N80,000. He was arraigned on a two-count

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EFCC Arraigns former Poly Director for N27m Contract Scam in Awka

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday September 22, 2020 arraigned a former Director of Physical Planning, and currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Architect Pius Ugochukwu Ezeokafor before Justice O. A Ezeoke of the State High Court sitting in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of

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NBA In Abia Apprehends Alleged Fake Lawyer, Iheanacho Emenike, Practicing In A Known Law Firm

The Aba branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has apprehended a man with the name Iheanacho Emenike who disguised himself as a lawyer for year. Following the report gathered by TheNigeriaLawyer, Iheanacho Emenike, was caught on Monday, by the combine team of the Committee for fake Lawyers and the Executive of NBA Aba, Abia State.

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Fake Army Lieutenant In EFCC Net For Multiple Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Gombe Zonal Office is interrogating one Eze Mavus Ugochukwu, a student of Computer Science, Bauchi State Polytechnic, who defrauds unsuspecting members of the public by posing as a Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army. Ugochukwu, an indigene of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State was arrested by the

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Business Fraud

CBN Probes 16 Firms Over Forex Infractions

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is investigating the bank accounts of 16 companies in the country suspected of violating foreign exchange regulations, New Telegraph learnt yesterday. A list of the affected companies sighted by this newspaper last night shows that a lot of them are Indian and foreign owned firms. They include organisations such

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Military destroys illegal refineries, recovers stolen crude

The Defence Headquarters says military has intensified its aggressive fight against crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism, bunkering, economic saboteurs and other criminal activities in the country. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, said this while giving weekly update on the operations of Armed Forces of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. Enenche said that

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Lovers re-arraigned for alleged N17.5m charcoal fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office , on Wednesday , re -arraigned one Alice John and her boyfriend, Fadi Alloush , before Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court , Ibadan, for fraud involving the sale of charcoal . The lovers were re – arraigned on three counts of conspiracy

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Fraud Politics

Revealed: APC Candidate For Imo Bye-election, Ibezim, In Certificate Scandal

Frank Ibezim, the All Progressives Congress candidate for the October 31 senatorial bye-election in Imo North, is embroiled in a certificate scandal, SaharaReporters has gathered. Ibezim, who hails from the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, is a long-time friend and aide to Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba. It was gathered

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Financial Crime Fraud

Court Jails Man For ATM Fraud In Kaduna.

Justice Mohammed Tukur Muazu Aliyu of the Kaduna State High Court, on Monday, September 14, 2020 sentenced Adamu Aliyu to six months imprisonment, for fraudulently transferring N40, 000 to himself, from the account of an unsuspecting Automated Teller Machine, (ATM) user, under the false pretence of aiding the victim to effect a transfer. The convict

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