The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office on Thursday arrested 48 suspected internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested one Oladimeji Olusegun Ogunfolaju, owner of Lakers Hotel and Lake County Entertainment in Lagos, and 79 others for alleged involvement in internet fraud.
The defendants were arrested in Enugu on October 24 following intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet fraud.
The suspects: Paul Chibuzor, David Daniels, Tolu Ogundowole, Tosin Ogundowole, Agwu Goodness, Olayiwola Azeez, Olamide Ijisesan, Chilaka Dickson, Abdullahi Abubakar and Temitope Bambo, were picked up from their hideout in the Basin area of Ilorin, Kwara State on October 21, 2019 following reports of their alleged involvement in cyber crime.
The accused was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Wednesday on a five-count charge bordering on forgery, fake representation, obtaining money under false pretence and internet-related offences.
An Electrical Engineering graduate, Victor Ojionu, 30, who allegedly embraced cybercrime during his National Youth Service Corps days, has confessed to security agents that during that period in question, he bought two buildings worth N125 million.
Justice N. E. Maha of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja on Wednesday convicted one Ojo Ayomide for internet fraud and sentenced him to three months imprisonment.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos office on August 30, 2019 secured the conviction of four internet fraudsters before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
A High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State on Tuesday sentenced two brothers, Seun and Abidemi Olaogun, and their friend, Ojor Alex, to four months in prison for internet fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday informed the court that Valentine Ezeife, an alleged internet scammer, known as“yahoo–yahoo boy”, has approached the commission for plea bargain deal.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday said it had in its custody three suspected Advance Fee fraudsters arrested in Ilesha, Osun.
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said it was developing a Risk Based Cyber Security Framework for banks and payment service providers to combat internet fraud in the country.
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Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo granted the order while ruling on an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which had charged Orimogunje with forgery and possession of false documents
It said Adeyemi Daniel Oluwaseyi of the Basic Medical Sciences was found guilty of unlawfully taking possession of ATM card and PIN belonging to another student while Mkperedom Olalekan Okon of the Faculty of Arts was found guilty of internet-related fraud
Etuh said the accused was in possession of an electronic mail address under the alias of Trisha Douglas, which he wanted to use to perpetrate fraud on the internet.
She said his offence contravened Section 318 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011
The convict was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a 10 count charge bordering on forgery and possession of fraudulent proposal document to the tune of $4,500