Alleged N423b ‘fraud’: EFCC assigns team to investigate El-Rufai and others
A team of investigators has been assembled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to look into claims that ...
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Immigration Officer Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Passport Fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), has convicted a staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), ...
$5.3 million fraud: How scammers duped US workers and sent funds to Nigeria
The US government filed a lawsuit to recover $5.3 million connected to an email fraud that deceived businesses and specifically ...
Fraud in the Skies: Nigeria Air Grounded Indefinitely
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has announced that the Nigeria Air project will remain suspended "indefinitely." ...
NIMC DG Issues Warning; Says Staff Involved in Fraud Will Face Consequences
The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has issued a note of warning to staff of the commission ...
Justice Demands Accountability: Former Kogi State Governor Faces Fraud Allegations
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has taken a firm stance on accountability, insisting that former Kogi ...
Former Bank Manager Receives Lengthy Sentence for Massive Fraud
Nwachukwu Placidus, a former manager at First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in Onitsha, Anambra State, has been sentenced to a ...
Minister of education plans to address Degree Certificate Fraud
Ministry of Education is making plans to address Degree Certificate Fraud in both public and private organisations. This move was ...
FBI Arrests Dual Citizen in Contract Fraud Case
On April 2, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) took Ifediora Oli, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the United ...
Emefiele Contests Court’s Jurisdiction in Fraud Trial
The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele, had on Monday, challenged the rule of an Ikeja Special ...
British-Nigerian Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Bank Hacking Crimes In New York
A British-Nigerian citizen has pleaded guilty in a New York court, to bring involved in an over seven-year scheme to ...
EFCC detains Gbajabiamila for fraud while the case is put on hold in court
Suleiman Gbajabiamila, 63, was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday. Gbajabiamila was charged with two counts ...
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is imprisoned for fraud.
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for scamming investors in her ...
Do Kwon, the leader of a bankrupt crypto company, is wanted by Interpol.
Do Kwon, the creator of the abandoned cryptocurrency Terra, has been requested to be located and detained by law enforcement ...
Court Orders for Mompha’s Trial for Alleged Fraud to Continue in His Absence.
The Lagos State Special Offences Court’s Justice Mojisola Dada had on Wednesday, 21 September 2022, ordered the continuation of the ...
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