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Blessing CEO remanded in Kirikiri over alleged ₦13m cancer fraud

Social media influencer and self-styled relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, popularly known as Blessing CEO, has disclosed that she has been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos following her arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Blessing CEO made the disclosure in a post on her Facebook page on Wednesday, shortly after […]

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Alleged ₦36m fraud: Court reserves ruling on Blessing CEO’s bail

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed that a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has reserved ruling on the bail application filed by social media influencer and relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, popularly known as Blessing CEO, in her ongoing N36 million fraud trial. The commission made this known in a statement […]

US court jails Nigerian hacker for $2.5m identity theft
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US court jails Nigerian for seven counts of wire fraud

A Nigerian man, Adepoju Salako, has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in the United States for his involvement in a wire fraud scheme linked to the 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend programme. According to the report on the official US website, Salako, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was convicted for orchestrating a scheme to defraud […]

US court jails Nigerian hacker for $2.5m identity theft
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Nigerian faces 20-year jail term for US casino fraud

A Nigerian man, Kenneth Godwin, is at risk of a 20-year imprisonment following his indictment in a wire and computer-related fraud scheme targeting a casino business in South Dakota, United States of America. The indictment was announced by the US District Attorney, Ron Parsons, on Thursday. Parsons disclosed that a federal grand jury indicted Godwin […]

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Ex-acting AGF Nwabuoku jailed 72 years for ₦868m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission announced on Monday that a former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has been convicted and sentenced to 72 years imprisonment for fraud involving N868.46 million. The commission made the disclosure in a post on its official X handle, stating that Nwabuoku was prosecuted before the Federal […]

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US jails Nigerian man 90 months for $4m fraud

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that a Nigerian national, James Junior Aliyu, has been sentenced to 90 months in prison for his role in a wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy involving the hacking of business email systems. In a statement issued on Saturday, the agency said Aliyu “will serve a […]

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MSMEs lose ₦5–₦10tn yearly to employee fraud – CPPE

Nigeria’s micro, small, and medium enterprises are losing between N5 trillion and N10 trillion annually due to employee fraud and workplace corruption. The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise disclosed this in a statement shared with Nairametrics on Sunday. The policy think-tank described the trend as one of the most serious hidden threats to […]

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EFCC arraigns ex-Benue electoral chairman over alleged ₦1.1bn fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned former chairman of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission, Tersoo Loko, alongside 10 other defendants over the alleged diversion of N1.1 billion meant for local government elections in the state. The defendants were brought before the federal high court in Makurdi on 30 counts bordering on criminal […]

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ICPC charges lawyer Mike Ozekhome with fraud over London property

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has filed a criminal charge against Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN. The charge concerns allegations of fraud involving a property in London. The ICPC filed the three counts through its lawyer, Osuobeni Akponimisingha, who heads the High Profile Prosecution Department. The charge was filed at the Abuja […]

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Court orders interim forfeiture of ₦30.7m ‘fraud proceed’ linked to NNPCL

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of ₦30.7 million suspected to be proceeds of fraud linked to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, following an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Justice Emeka Nwite issued the order on Monday after hearing an ex parte motion brought […]

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Nigerian-American, five others indicted over massive US stock fraud

A dual United States and Nigerian citizen, Izunna Okonkwo, has been indicted alongside five other individuals of different nationalities over an alleged $41m stock market fraud in the United States. A statement obtained from the United States Department of Justice website on Sunday disclosed that Okonkwo and the other defendants allegedly engaged in insider trading […]

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