EFCC Arrests Two Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, arrested two suspected internet fraudsters, Agbebaku Newton and Enofe Destiny, on Waterside Road, Eti-Osa, Lekki, Lagos State.
The suspects were arrested, following credible intelligence available to the Commission on their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.
Yobe LGA Auditor General Forfeits Properties to Government
Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State has ordered the interim forfeiture of eleven landed properties, in Damaturu metropolis, belonging to Alhaji Idris Yahaya, the Auditor General of all the Local Government Areas, LGAs, of Yobe State.
She gave the order on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, following an ex parte application filed by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking an interim forfeiture of the properties.
EFCC counsel, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed, told the court that Yahaya had some landed properties suspected to be proceeds of crime, owing to an alleged criminal diversion of public funds, abuse of office and money laundering reported to the Commission.
Internet Fraudster Bags Five Years in Kaduna.
Justice Nasiru.U. Sadiq of the Kaduna State High Court has convicted and sentenced Monday Yakubu(a.k.a Tucka James) to five years imprisonment for cheating by impersonation.
He was jailed on Tuesday, September 21, 2022 after pleading guilty to one- count amended charge, upon his arraignment by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.