Category: Financial Crimes

EFCC Gets Court Order To Freeze 24 Bank Accounts For Alleged Terrorism Financing

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EFCC Gets Court Order To Freeze 24 Bank Accounts For Alleged Terrorism Financing

Abuja— A Federal High Court in Abuja has okayed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s application to freeze 24 bank accounts domiciled in different banks over allegations bordering on terrorism financing. Justice Emeka Nwite, who granted the application after EFCC’s lawyer, Martha Babatunde, moved an ex-parte motion to the effect, gave the commission the…

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Alleged Fraud: Court Remands ex-Gov Yahaya Bello In Kuje Prison, Fixes Feb 25 For Trial

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Alleged Fraud: Court Remands ex-Gov Yahaya Bello In Kuje Prison, Fixes Feb 25 For Trial

A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Maitama, on Tuesday, remanded the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in Kuje prison. Justice Maryann Anenih issued the remand order after she adjourned the defendant’s trial till February 25, 2025. The development came on a day the court dismissed an application the former…

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EFCC Seals Final Forfeiture Of 753 Abuja Estate Duplexes

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EFCC Seals Final Forfeiture Of 753 Abuja Estate Duplexes

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, disclosed it has secured the final forfeiture of a large estate located in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the FCT High Court granted the order following a forfeiture order filed by the EFCC In a statement, the spokesperson of the anti-graft agency,…

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Coalition Of Groups Petition EFCC, Demand Arrest, Prosecution Of Ganduje

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Coalition Of Groups Petition EFCC, Demand Arrest, Prosecution Of Ganduje

A coalition of 51 anti-corruption groups has formally petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking the immediate arrest and prosecution of former Kano State governor, and National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The petition, dated November 4, 2024, and acknowledged by the EFCC on November 7, 2024, outlined numerous…

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I Changed Naira To Dollars For Yahaya Bello – BDC Operator

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I Changed Naira To Dollars For Yahaya Bello – BDC Operator

A Bureau de Change operator who is the third prosecution witness in Ali Bello’s trial, Jamilu Abdullahi has testified on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu at the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja. In his testimonies, he declared that funds were delivered to him by agents of the Kogi State Government to…

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Court Orders Final Forfeiture of $2m, Seven Properties Linked To Emefiele

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Court Orders Final Forfeiture of $2m, Seven Properties Linked To Emefiele

Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, November 1, 2024, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $2.045m, seven landed properties and the two share certificates of Queensdorf Global Fund Limited Trust linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. Justice…

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EFCC Busts Yahoo-Boys Hideout at Offa, Arrests 55

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EFCC Busts Yahoo-Boys Hideout at Offa, Arrests 55

Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a sting operation on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 arrested fifty-five suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. It will be recalled that officers of the Commission had between September 3 and 6,…

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EFCC Sets Up Public Complaints Unit

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EFCC Sets Up Public Complaints Unit

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has directed the establishment of a Public Complaints Desk at all the Zonal Directorates of the Commission and the Corporate Headquarters. The Desk, designed to be manned by specially trained officers, will receive complaints from members of the public on all…

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Kwara Courts Jail Six For Internet Fraud In Ilorin

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Kwara Courts Jail Six For Internet Fraud In Ilorin

The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, October 14, 2024, secured the conviction of six persons for offences bordering on internet fraud before Justices Sulaiman Akanbi and Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The convicts are Idris Muhammed, Ismail Temitope Mustapha, Oyekola Odunayo,…

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Air Peace Boss Faces Fresh Charges In United States $20 Million Fraud Case

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Air Peace Boss Faces Fresh Charges In United States $20 Million Fraud Case

The United States has accused Allen Onyema, the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace of obstruction of justice in an ongoing investigation. In a superseding indictment, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia accused Onyema and Air Peace’s Chief of Administration and Finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha, of submitting false documents to thwart a…

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