Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, a UK-based Nigerian has been arrested by British authorities following a request from the United States government after he was indicted on charges of wire fraud and computer fraud. According to US prosecutors, Adepoju hacked into the…
The court has summoned a former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye over alleged failure to pay his mandatory Personal Income Tax for 2023 and 2024, as well as underpayment of taxes in 2020, 2021, and 2022. A Federal Capital…
Five Nigerians have been sentenced to not less than 159 years in prison by a U.S court for defrauding over 100 Americans, companies and government entities a sum total of $17m. In a statement seen by NEWSMAXNG on the US…
47-year old Blessing Chima and 49-year old Chikamson Williams, were arraigned before the Federal high court on Wednesday for suspected #75m fraud. Before Justice Ambrose Lewis-Alagoa, the prosecuting officer, S.O. Ayodele said the defendants committed the said crime on 4th…
Following a viral report, the management of First Bank Plc has admitted the culpability of one of its ex-employees in the missing N550m fixed deposit fund belonging to Abia Businessman, Dr Agbai Eke. The bank admitted the wrongdoing in a…
A 60-year-old Nigerian man identified as Okechukwu Josiah Odunna has appeared in a federal court in Miami on charges related to a mortgage fra¥d scheme that caused an estimated $8 million loss to U.S. financial institutions. Odunna, a former attorney,…
One Barrister Ifeanyichukwu Okonkwo has been arraigned by the EFCC district in Enugu for fraud. This happened at the Enugu state High Court Sitting in Independence Layout, before Justice E. N. Oluedo. “He is facing prosecution on a one-count charge,…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama has granted N500 million bail to Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, over allegations of a N110 billion fraud. Justice Maryann Anenih approved the bail application on Thursday, but…
The founder of Harvester International Church, Bolaji Idowu has been arrested for money laundering and real estate fraud. Idowu was arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Police and is currently being interrogated by the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja. Sources…
The FBI has arrested Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, also known as Bobo Chicago, for allegedly scamming several companies and individuals out of a staggering $2.8 million. Arrested on November 20 in Illinois, Chicago, Bobo Chicago faces multiple charges, including wire fraud,…
