July
11,
2023
An account holder with the Keystone Bank, Bala Ibrahim, has been finding it difficult to meet his financial needs after an erstwhile manager of a branch of the bank in the Agege area of Lagos State,...
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Entries Tagged - #fraud
July
7,
2023
Ajetunmobi After His Arraignment A Lagos Federal High Court, today, ordered the remand of Bamise Ajetunmobi, a Ponzi Scheme Operator, who has been on the run since 2021, over alleged N7.5...
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June
4,
2023
The Self-acclaimed Estate Developer A Lagos Federal High Court has remand a self-acclaimed Estate Developer, Kelly Izuwa Nwogu, in prison custody, over alleged conspiracy, obtaining the sum of N65...
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May
23,
2023
These are not the best of times for Kafilat Araoye led LOTUS Bank as one of it customers has called out the financial institution over a missing N20 million on her account. Kafilat Araoye, Managing...
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May
20,
2023
Justice Daniel Osiagor of a Lagos Federal High Court, has ordered the remand of a businessman, Joseph Okwudili Umezugha, at the Ikoyi Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS). Justice...
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May
19,
2023
Police from Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi-Lagos, today, arraigned two men, Edu Oluwasesan and Adeyemi Abass, before a Lagos Federal High Court, on five count charges bordering on...
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May
19,
2023
A Lagos Federal High Court have ordered an internet fraudster, Bamgboye Adewunmi, to pay the sum of N200, 000, and forfeit a Guaranty Trust Bank cheque with monetary value of N5 million to the...
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May
11,
2023
A Lagos Federal High Court, today, ordered the remand of alleged three Ponzi scheme operators, arraigned before the court on charges bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and operating...
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May
10,
2023
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) today, arraigned a hard drug dealer, Nwudele Basil Christopher, arrested with 52.10 kilograms of Ephedrine, before a Lagos Federal High Court....
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April
20,
2023
An alleged fake supplier of Fertilizer, Murtala Malami Gombe, before Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, on charges bordering false representation and stealing of N20, 915 million. The defendant was...
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March
14,
2023
Alhaji Idris Yahaya, the Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State, is to spend five years in prison, following his conviction today, Monday, March 13, 2023, by Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of...
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March
4,
2023
Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has issued a warrant for the arrest and extradition of three foreign nationals – Prem Garg, Devashish Garg and Marcus Wade – to...
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February
12,
2023
A 39-year-old Nigerian, Olaniyi Nasiru Ojikutu, has been sentenced to nearly seven and a half years in a United States prison for his role in a multi-year romance scheme. The US prosecutors said...
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February
8,
2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, arraigned one Ali Bello, a nephew of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal...
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January
18,
2023
The Defendant, Mr. Rasak Adeniji Men of Force Criminal Investigation Department (ForceCID) Annex, Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, has arraigned a 50 year-old accountant, Rasak Adeniji, before a Yaba...
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January
17,
2023
A Lagos-based unemployed lady, Chiamaka Agim, who claims to be a former employee of Zenith Bank Plc, tells PUNCH how over N4m was ‘fraudulently’ debited from her Zenith Bank account on January 9,...
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January
17,
2023
Uyo Court Jails Beautician For ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ Justice M.A Onyetenu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has jailed a beautician, Williams Kingsley, over internet fraud...
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January
12,
2023
Richard Rufus, Pix By Getty Images A former Premier League club defender, Richard Rufus, has been convicted and sentenced to seven and half years jail-term, by a United Kingdom Court, for...
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December
24,
2022
A Lagos Federal High Court, has remanded an alleged serial fraudster, Obinna Ugorji, at the Ikoyi Facility of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) over alleged N48 million fraud. The court...
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December
21,
2022
An Enugu State High Court presided over by Justice Kenneth Okpe has sentenced an accountant with the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu, Emmanuel Sombo, to 304 years imprisonment for forgery and...
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