Tag: Financial Crime

EFCC Arrests 120 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos
May 19, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests 120 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 120 suspected internet fraudsters, comprising 95 male and 25 female at various locations in Lagos.The suspects were arrested on Monday, May 19, 2025,...
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EFCC Arraigns Sunsteel MD, Adewoye For Alleged $680,622.65 Fraud
May 9, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Sunsteel MD, Adewoye For Alleged $680,622.65 Fraud

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Okotie-Eboh, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, May, 8, 2025, arraigned Olalekan Adewoye, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Sunsteel Industries Limited, before Ju...
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EFCC Probes Suspect Arrested with $578,000
March 22, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Arrested with $578,000

Operatives of the Lagos Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced investigations of a suspect, Okorie Sylvernus Sunday, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by the Nigeria Customs Servi...
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EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Benin
February 11, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Benin

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 13 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State.A statement issued by EFCC explained that the suspects’ arrest followed credible intellig...
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Medical Doctor Bags Seven Years Imprisonment For N127m Fraud
February 9, 2025 No Responses

Medical Doctor Bags Seven Years Imprisonment For N127m Fraud

A Federal High Court, sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, presided over by Justice Rosemary Oghogho-rie has convicted and sentenced Dr. Geraldine Orok Ita to prison for fraud.Ita was prosecuted by the Uyo Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes...
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Ex-First Bank Staff Forfeits N1.1b, $392,818.01, £35,070 To FG
February 4, 2025 No Responses

Ex-First Bank Staff Forfeits N1.1b, $392,818.01, £35,070 To FG

Justice A.O.Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of the sums of N1,168,602,877.44, (One Billion, One Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand, Six Hundred and Two, Eight Hundred and Seventy Seven Naira, Forty...
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EFCC, Nigeria Customs, NFIU, Train Law Enforcement Officers
February 4, 2025 No Responses

EFCC, Nigeria Customs, NFIU, Train Law Enforcement Officers

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) have organized a two-day empowerment Workshop for fifty law enforcement officers drawn from various a...
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FCT-IRS Seeks EFCC’s Collaboration In Tackling Tax Fraud
January 29, 2025 No Responses

FCT-IRS Seeks EFCC’s Collaboration In Tackling Tax Fraud

The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Services (FCT-IRS) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to assist it in tackling tax liability of suspects being investigated for any form of economic and financial crime and other act...
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Alleged 76b, $31.5m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Ex- AMCON MD, Arik Air MD, Union Bank, Others
January 20, 2025 No Responses

Alleged 76b, $31.5m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Ex- AMCON MD, Arik Air MD, Union Bank, Others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, January 20, 2025, arraigned a former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, current Managing Director of Arik Air, Captain Roy Ilegbodu, and Receiver...
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EFCC Warns Banks Against Fraudulent Practices
November 23, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Warns Banks Against Fraudulent Practices

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned banks against making themselves available as instruments of fraud.The warning was handed down on Friday when the management team of Moniepoint, led by its founder and Group CEO, Tosin Eniolorunda p...
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EFCC Unveils Cybercrime Rapid Response Service
October 22, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Unveils Cybercrime Rapid Response Service

Determined to break the criminal networks and damage associated with internet fraud across the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 unveiled a 24- hour Cybercrime Rapid Response Desk.The unveiling, which was...
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Zenith Bank Explains Annual Report, Emerges Nigeria’s Best Bank at Global Finance Awards
January 10, 2024 No Responses

Zenith Bank Explains Annual Report, Emerges Nigeria’s Best Bank at Global Finance Awards

Zenith Bank Plc has announced its audited results for the year ended December 31, 2023, achieving a remarkable triple-digit growth of 125% in gross earnings from NGN945.6 billion reported in 2022 to NGN2.132 trillion in 2023.According to the audited financial....
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EFCC Arrests, Parades 19 For Vote-Buying
March 19, 2023 No Responses

EFCC Arrests, Parades 19 For Vote-Buying

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday in Ilorin, Kwara State paraded 19 suspected vote buyers arrested during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Acting Zonal Head of EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office,...
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CBN Opposes New Money Laundering Laws
February 18, 2022 No Responses

CBN Opposes New Money Laundering Laws

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday kicked against plan by the Senate to enact new anti-money laundering laws without required amendments on the existing Money Laundering ( Prevention ) Act 2011.  The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made the position.....
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