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Ilorin: Three bag six months imprisonment for fraud

The Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of three persons arrested by the anti-graft agency in Ado Ekiti for offences bordering on cybercrime and prosecuted before Justice Mohammed Sanni of the Federal…

Petrol attendant lands in court for alleged fraud

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo A 35-year-old petrol attendant, Elijah Chinonso has been arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for alleged fraud. The accused person committed the offence in June 2021, at Metro Filling Station, Ede Road in Ile-Ife. The prosecutor, Inspector…

EFCC arests three bankers for alleged N51.9m fraud in Lagos

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three bankers for an alleged case of conspiracy, stealing, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence. The suspects, Kagha Emmanuel Uchenna, Okoro Chinasom Davidson and Egbogu Emmanuel…

Estate agent in court for alleged N15m fraud

A 58-year-old Estate agent, Ahmed Abdullahi, on Wednesday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Tinubu, Lagos, for allegedly defauding Instant Housing and Rental Apartment company of N15 million. Abdullahi, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of…

JAMB parades 50 years old man for fraud

By Tina Omoregie A 50-year-old man, Sesan Obasa and his alleged accomplice, Salvation Terhembe, were apprehended by the police over their alleged involvement in impersonation in the ongoing 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination’s (UTME) registration. The suspects were arrested and…

Man bags three months imprisonment for fraud

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja presided over by Justice Peter Affen on March 25, 2021 sentenced one Ogbelegba Emmanuel Abel to three months imprisonment for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and internet fraud. The…

Agent in court for alleged N2.2m visa fraud

An agent, Esther Samuel, who allegedly defrauded two people of N2.2 million to secure a Schengen and Japanese visas, on Monday appeared in an Upper Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, for alleged. The police charged Samuel, who resides in Nassarawa State,…

Man in court over alleged N4.3m fraud

A businessman, Akinwumiju Abayomi, 40, was on Monday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding a man of N4.3 million on the pretext of supplying him logs of wood. Abayomi, a resident of Yaba area of…