Justice Mohammed Tukur of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced Babuwa Christopher, a student of Quantity Survey, Kaduna State Polytechnic, to five years imprisonment for fraud. The defendant was convicted after he pleaded guilty to an amended one count criminal charge. The […]
An Internet Fraudster, Umaru Isma’il was on Monday, convicted and sentenced to five years in prison by Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto. Isma’il was sentenced without an option of fine for obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N668, […]
One Felix Osilama Okpoh, an alleged fraudster on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) surrendered himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC has, therefore, commenced investigation of Okpoh, for his involvement in a $6m internet fraud. Okpoh, alongside Richard Izuchukwu […]
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced an internet fraudster (Yahoo boy), Sulaiman Toheeb Gbenga, to nine months imprisonment. Gbenga began his journey to prison, after he was arrested, sometime in June 2020, following intelligence received by the Commission […]
Nine (9) suspected internet fraudsters, also known as “Yahoo Yahoo Boys” have been arrested by the Port Harcourt Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The suspects were apprehended on Wednesday August 26, 2020, just six days after four undergraduate students of the University of […]
One Bolanle Adefemiwa, convicted for fraud, has been sentenced to ten (10) years in prison by Justice Muhammad Sa’idu Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in the state. The judge however, gave him an option of fine of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000.00). Adefemiwa was arraigned […]
Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court Abeokuta, Ogun State has sentenced one Festus Gbenga Ajayi, to one year imprisonment for internet fraud. The convict was arraigned in court by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one-count charge of criminal […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office has successfully prosecuted two internet fraudsters, Rasak Olayinka Balogun and Ayodeji Oluwaseun Olatona for criminal impersonation through illicit cyber activities. The two, who pleaded guilty after the prosecution argued a robust case against them with undeniable evidence, were […]
Police operatives attached to the Ogun State Annex of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have rescued one citizen of Washington DC, USA, held captive for 16 months by one Mr Chukwuebuka Kasi Obiaku (34 years old, male) at a hotel in Lagos State. The lady was lured into […]
The operatives of the Nigeria Police Cybercrime Unit, INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja have arrested three (3) suspects namely Samson Inegbenesun (30 years old, male), Blessed Junior (32 years old, male), and Muhammed Zakari (36 years old, male), all from Uromi, Edo State, for cyber-related offences of advance fee […]
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