Fraud

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of  eight convicts: two siblings and six other internet fraudsters. The siblings: Ayuba Bala and  Abdulkarim Bala,…

A Federal Capital Territory, high court in Abuja, Nigeria, has ordered the remand of suspended Nigeria's accountant General, Ahmed Idris to the Kuje correctional facility. The court also ordered the remand of Godfrey Olusegun…

A former Special Assistant to the Chairman of Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Hassan Dauda, has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment for his involvement in a N6.3 million Hajj fraud. Dauda, who was charged before the…

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured fifteen convictions before different justices of the Federal and State high courts in Ibadan, Oyo state.  The convicts are Faruq Kayode Jimoh…

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA president Michel Platini have been charged with fraud over unlawfully arranging a payment of two million Swiss francs ($2.19 million), the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland…

Former Chairman, Independent National Election Commission (INEC), in Nigeria, Professor Attahiru Jega, has said the electoral transmission of results will reduce the rate of election fraud in Nigeria. Professor Jega disclosed this in an…

A Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged Senator Peter Nwaoboshi of the N322million money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke held that the agency…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  Nigeria's leading Anti-Graft Agency, has raised the alarm over fraudulent Investment Schemes in the country, while warning Nigerians to be wary of such scams. (The EFCC is…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office on Friday, secured the conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Omobola Adio. Adio was convicted after pleading guilty to a…

The Nigerian Police Force in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, in a joint operation with the Edo State Command, have nabbed the mastermind behind the syndicate group, comprising over ten fraud groups impersonating the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…