EFCC Arraigns Man for N4.5m Fraud in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 arraigned Baba Aji Alhaji Gremami before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri, on one- count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N4, 500,000.00).
Specifically, the defendant fraudulently induced a businessman, Alhaji Umara Goni Ali to partner with him in the supply of building materials to a Non- Governmental Organisation, NGO: Norwegian Refugees Council, NRC, with an agreement of sharing the profit, after executing the contract.
EFCC Tasks MDAs On Synergy and Collaboration in The Fight Against Economic Crimes.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has called for more collaboration among Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, of government in the fight against economic and financial crimes.
The call was made in Abuja on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the EFCC, Sambo Maiyana Muazu at a two-day sensitization program on the Eagle Eye Application for Assistant Directors of the Federal Ministry of Finance.
Court Jails Two Fraudsters Six Years In Kaduna
Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna, has convicted and sentenced two fraudsters to six years imprisonment for impersonation and cybercrimes.
The convicts: Mmadubionwu Tochukwu Kingsley and Samuel Ngode Wobin were jailed on Monday, May 16, 2022, after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on impersonation, upon their arraignment by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.