Tag Archives: Fraud
Obaseki Suspends third Council Chairman for Alleged Fraud
Chairman of Esan West local government area, Hon Patrick Aguinede, has been suspended from office. Hon Aguinede is the third council chairman to be suspended from office within the last three months. Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr.
N11Million Fraud Rock Tomi Somefun’s Unity Bank
…How Staff Fleeced with Customers’ Money
The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, September 26, 2019 arraigned one Adam Kaka Adam before Justice Ibrahim Jauro of the Yobe State High Court, Damaturu, on one-count charge, bordering on criminal misappropriation
INVESTIGATION: How Nigerian Breweries Protected Its Dutch CEO Suspected of Corruption
Heineken suddenly transferred the Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries, Nico Vervelde, to Singapore shortly after Nigerian police interrogated him for alleged corruption. This case would have been buried if journalists Olivier van Beemen and Femke van Zeijl had not picked it
ATM Fraud: First Bank In N13m Scandal
At last judgement has come the way of an aggrieved customer of First Bank Nigeria Plc who had suffered fraudulent activity on his account with the bank running into over N800,000. The customer, named Bode Abolade, resides in Nigeria, but alleged
PDP Primaries: Party Chair Accuses Aspirants of Sending Fake N1m Alerts to Delegates
Ahead of Tuesday’s governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, the party Chairman, Cleopas Moses, has accused some front-line aspirants of sending N1million fake bank alerts to delegates. Moses said the N1million fake alert was a
Keyamo Speaks On Photo With Suspect Arrested By FBI
Minister of State for Niger Delta affairs Festus Keyamo, has confirmed that he is friends with Jerry Ikogho (pictured wearing glasses), one of the cyber fraud suspects apprehended by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). A picture of Keyamo and
EFCC Begins Manhunt for Yahoo Boys Indicted By FBI
Magu: We are collaborating with FBI, suspects to face full force of the law Turn yourself in, FG tells accused persons The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to commence manhunt for the home-based Nigerians indicted by the
Full List Of 80 Nigerians Involved In One Of the Largest Fraud Cases In U.S History
FBI announces indictments of 80 Nigerians in one of the largest fraud cases in U.S history. 11 defendants were arrested in Los Angeles as part of an 80 man criminal sindicate engaged in multi million dollar scam that engaged in
How Forbes-Rated Young ‘Billionaire’, Obi Invictus Was Arrested for N4Billion Wire Fraud
Yes, many a Nigerian billionaire got their validation from the American publication, FORBES, which started the rating trend that has now become the benchmark, from an African perspective, to know who a billionaire is or not. It is, for many
Malaysian Arraigned for Attempting to Defraud Polaris Bank of €250m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arraigned a Malaysian, Tan Richard, before a Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja for allegedly attempting to defraud Polaris Bank of €250m. Richard was arraigned alongside his company, Coastal Asia Investments
