The convicts are Joshua Osarumwense, Oziegbe Courage, Michael Osawowamen Enofe, Precious Ezomo, Favour Ezomon, Adetokunbor Oghamomwan,
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The development was confirmed in a statement issued and made available on Thursday by the anti-graft agency.
The two fraudsters were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges bordering on cyber crimes.
The Spokesperson of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, disclosed in a statement he issued on Wednesday.
Operatives of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023 arrested two suspected internet fraudsters at House F10, Victoria Crest 4, Lekki, Lagos.
The suspected internet fraudsters were arrested on Friday at Bafarawa and Kalkalawa Estates in Sokoto.
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 28 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Enugu.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 52 suspected internet fraudsters in Abraka, a university town in Delta State.
The Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil confirmed the arrest in a statement, issued Saturday in Bauchi, the capital city.
In two separate judgments, Justice Uche Agomoh held that she convicted and sentenced Ismail Olugbemiro and Victor Falana based on “the evidence before her as well as the plea bargain agreement they each had with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission”.
During the sting operation which was the culmination of weeks of surveillance during which the rooms occupied by the suspects were identified, 30 suspects were arrested with 24 of them already confessing involvement in cybercrimes and related activities.
Wilson Uwujaren, spokesperson of the commission, in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on Monday, said that the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence received by the commission on their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud.
The operation was carried out by the Lagos Zonal Officer of the anti-graft agency.
The suspects are Tochukwu Okoro, Okechukwu Ejechie, Nwankwo Okeke, Edeh Emmanuel, Emeka Chukwunonso and Kenechukwu Ekunie.
The suspects, Chidiebere Nwaguma, 23; Chukwuemeka Johnson, 20, and Maduka Vincent, 22, were arrested along Amakohia Owerri/Orlu Road, Owerri, in a Lexus 350 RX car with registration number GGE 966 GP, suspected to have been bought with the proceeds of crime.
This was revealed in a statement by the anti-graft agency on Monday.
This is contained in a statement signed by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Ibadan.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the court convicted and sentenced Tobiloba Bakare and Alimi Sikiru.
Spokesman for EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement in Port Harcourt that the suspects defrauded their victims of undisclosed sums of money and properties.