A Federal High Court in Abuja has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) 10 days to arraign no fewer than 160 suspects arrested over allegations bordering on internet fraud. Justice James Omotosho gave the order following a fundamental…
By Matthew Denis The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 3, 2025, arraigned 29 Chinese, 10 Filipinos, one Malaysian, one Indonesian and one Pakistani before separate Federal High Courts sitting in Ikoyi,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 105 suspects in Abuja for alleged internet fraud. The anti-graft agency said the arrests were made on January 9, adding that 101 of those taken into custody are Nigerians, and four…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a billionaire, Hyginus Nkwocha, for alleged internet fraud and money laundering in Abuja. The Commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, that Nwokocha was arrested on…
Justices Darius Khobo and A.A. Isiaka of The Kaduna State High Court and Hawau Buhari of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, have convicted and sentenced six individuals for internet fraud. The convicts, Abubakar Shettima (a.k.a Dennis Hueber), Timileyin Akinsola (a.k.a…
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested twin brothers, Adio Taiwo Hassan and Adio kehinde Hussein alongside five others for alleged internet fraudulent activities. They were arrested on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Gwagwalada on Tuesday sentenced a man, Jeffrey Umahon, to one year imprisonment for internet fraud when he pretended to be a Chinese American businessman. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) docked Umahon…
Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State on Monday, September 4, 2023 convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters to prison for fraud. The convicts are Edah Edison, Akuche Cosmas Chigozie (alias Philip Anderson),…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, secured the conviction of four persons including a 21-year-old Cinematographer, Abiodun Ayomide from Ikirun, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State for offences bordering on…
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, has sentenced and convicted an undergraduate of the University of Calabar, Peter Againpriye, to three years imprisonment for internet fraud. This followed his arraignment by the Port Harcourt Zonal…
