Tag: Fraud
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28-year-old car dealer arraigned over alleged N2.7million fraud
A 28-year-old car dealer, Izuchukwu Eze, was on Friday arraigned in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, over alleged N2.7 million fraud. Eze, who resides at Araba Street, Alapere in Ketu Area of Lagos, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and obtaining money under false pretences, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor,…
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Alleged N359m fraud: Witness admits to transferring money
A prosecution witness, Okunrinboye Titus, on Tuesday, alleged that he transferred various sums of money to some beneficiaries without formal documentation to back the payments. Titus made this known while giving his evidence-in-chief in the ongoing trial of former Minister, Taminu Turaki, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Turaki, the Minister…
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Kogi Poly bursts exam fraud syndicate, arrests 12 students at ”magic centre”
Dr Salisu Usman Ogbo, Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja on Monday said the institution had discovered an examination fraud syndicate and certificate racketeers operating within and outside the Lokoja campus. The Rector, who disclosed this at a press briefing on Monday in Lokoja, also paraded 12 suspects arrested by the security department of the…
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Three internet fraudsters plead guilty in Ilorin
Three suspected internet fraudsters who were being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Office have pleaded guilty to the criminal charges levelled against them. The defendants who were brought on separate charges before a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin presided over by Justice Adenike Akinpelu are, Olopade Oladimeji…