PalmPay begins campaign to eliminate fintech fraud
A Financial Technology Platform, PalmPay Limited, has cautioned its customers across the country to be wary of antics of scammers and fraudsters.…
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Court adjourns retired director’s N20bn fraud arraignment to December
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has postponed the arraignment of Taiwo Ibitola, a retired company director, and her firm, Lexhan…
Court orders Mompha to open defence on ₦6bn fraud
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday dismissed a no-case submission by internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly called Mompha, over alleged six…
Kebbi FA debunks rumours of fund misappropriation on FIFA project
The Chairman of the Kebbi Football Association, Alhaji Abubakar Chika-Ladan, has dismissed allegations of misappropriation of funds and poor execution of the…
EFCC warns businesses against tax evasion, financial malpractices
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has issued a stern warning that tax evasion, the submission of false declarations, and other financial…
Emefiele trial stalls over disagreement on forensic phone test
The forensic examination of a mobile phone central to the $4.5 billion alleged fraud trial of former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor,…
EFCC arrests Kaduna fuel station manager for alleged N500m fraud
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested Abdulazeez Gbadebo, a station manager with Emadeb…
ICPC arraigns two over N4.8m employment scam, forgery
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arraigned two men, Ibrahim Suleiman Umar and Tijani Adam Goni, before an…
Singapore gives Meta deadline to tackle Facebook scammers
The Singapore government has given Meta, the parent company of Facebook, until September 30 to clamp down on scammers pretending to be…
FBI places $10,000 bounty on wanted Nigerian fraudster
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced a reward of up to $10,000 (about N14m) for information leading to the arrest and…
UK-based Nigerian faves 20-year jail over $2m fraud
A 34-year-old Nigerian man, Olamide Shanu, has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States to face trial for his…
Nigerian jailed 71 months in US for $1.6m romance scam
A United States-based Nigerian, Adetomiwa Akindele, has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for a $1.6 million romance scam and…