A 30-year-old fraudster identified as Gabriel Oluokun has been handed a 5 year jail sentence for defrauding a Taiwanese to the tune of $22,300 (Twenty-Two Thousand, Three Hundred United States Dollars). The suspect was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a six-count amended charge of obtaining money by false pretence, after the anti-graft…
A Nigerian man in the U.S., Damilola Bamidele Isaac Samuel, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for ATM fraud. Samuel, 22, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud on Dec. 10, 2019. He was convicted in Shreveport, Louisiana for using fraudulent ATM bank cards to steal more than $260,000 from dozens of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe zonal office, has secured the conviction of Samuel Bulus Adamu before Justice N. I . Afolabi of Federal High Court Gombe. A statement from the antigraft agency says Adamu, a former Chairman of Shongom Local Government Area of Gombe State, was first arraigned on March 9, 2015…
Two brothers identified as Akinola Akeem and Muyiwa Akeem and their native doctor, Odunta Moses, have been arrested by operatives of the of the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The suspects said to be members of a notorious robbery gang that has been terrorizing Ijebu Mushin area of Ogun State for a long time, were arrested after…
The Force Intelligence Response Team, IRT of the Nigerian Police Force, has arrested seven employees of an energy company, Xinxin energy in Odogbolu, Ogun state, for kidnapping and killing a 65-year-old Chinese national, Defa Song, the father of Hongli Song who is the owner of the company where they worked. Vanguard reports that the seven suspects identified as Adetayo…
The fraud case against Olalekan Ponle a.k.a Mr Woodberry who was arrested alongside Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi, has been dismissed by a US court. Recall that Woodberry was accused of tricking a Chicago company into sending wire transfers totalling $15.2 million. Prosecutors disclosed that companies based in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, New York and California were also victims of the…
Social media influencer, Adedamola “Adeherself” Adewale, has been released. Adeherself, who has been remanded in EFCC’s custody since July 7, following her arraignment in court on a one-count charge of possession of fraudulent documents, recently met all her bail conditions. Last night, her mom briefly went live on Instagram with her to thank fans for their support…
A welder is on the run after allegedly raping a 19-year-old in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Korede Adewumi fled his abode after he was accused of raping an SS2 student while she was hawking ‘aadun’ around Olubuse area of Ile-Ife. The girl began hawking to keep herself busy since schools are closed due to the Coronavirus…
Two robbery suspects who attack motorists held in Lagos traffic to steal their belongings were on Monday night, July 6, arrested by operatives of RRS on patrol along Oshodi – Oke, Lagos. The suspects, Tunde Olaiya, 24, and Tokunbo Omotola, 26, were arrested in separate encounters in Oshodi – Oke. One stolen iphone X was…