A 35-year-old man, Temigbe Jamiu, who allegedly posed as a serving personnel of the Nigerian Army, has been apprehended by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command. The Command’s Spokesperson, Olusola Ayanlade, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Akure, the state capital. According to Ayanlade, the suspect fraudul...
•Man in handcuffs A Nigerian national, Okezie Ogbata, has been charged by a district court in Florida, United States, for defrauding more than 400 elderly and vulnerable victims of over $6m. The Southern District of Florida, last Wednesday, found Ogbata guilty of operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme to dupe American senior citize...
•The convict, Chima Nkwocha A man, Chima Nkwocha, a.k.a “Young Billionaire” has been jailed for two years for defrauding an American identified as Linda Wheeler of $345,000. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said Nkwocha was jailed after he was arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Cou...
The Department of State Security (DSS) has arrested Pastor Christian Duru, Secretary of the Imo State Artisan Association (ISARTA), for allegedly defrauding the Imo State government of N30 million in a suspicious land transaction. The disputed deal involves 4.5 hectares of land reportedly designated for the association, reports Daily Independe...
A middle-aged man, Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley, has been arraigned for allegedly defrauding an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers the sum of $373,000 on the pretext to marry her. Kingsley was arrested by the crack detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sometimes in May 2022 at a secluded location in Abuja following an int...

