The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it plans to arraign no fewer than 100 Internet fraud suspects arrested in various locations across Enugu State after the conclusion of ongoing investigations. The EFCC, in a statement shared on its Facebook on Wednesday, disclosed that the suspects were arrested in a sting operation carried out by …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. A statement by EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Saturday, said the handover ceremony took place in Lagos on Friday. The agency said the …
At least 29 persons arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission would face trial if found guilty of their involvement in Internet fraud and related offences. The EFCC disclosed this in a statement made available on its Facebook page on Thursday. According to the anti-graft agency, the suspects were arrested on …
A Federal High Court in Onitsha, Anambra State, has convicted and sentenced 41 individuals to one-year imprisonment each for internet fraud-related offences. This was disclosed in a statement on the website of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday. According to the statement, the convicts, who were arrested by the Enugu Zonal Command of …
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday secured the conviction of six persons charged with offences related to cybercrime and fraud. The convicts, who were prosecuted on separate charges, stood trial before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, and Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed that 37 suspected Internet fraudsters arrested by its operatives in different parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of an investigation. According to a statement made available on the Facebook page of the anti-graft agency on Sunday, the suspects …
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 48 suspected Internet fraudsters and a herbalist for offences bordering on conspiracy and obtaining Money under false pretence in Lokoja, Kogi State capital. The Ilorin zonal Command office of EFCC covers Kwara, Kogi and Ekiti states with the zonal headquarters in …
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Friday, arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale. Recently, the EFCC had announced the arrest of four brothers and 30 other suspects, for alleged involvement in internet fraud. The …
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University and two others for offences bordering on internet fraud. EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to the statement, the suspects were arrested on …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has announced the arrest of four brothers, alongside 30 others for alleged involvement in internet fraud. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, made this known in a statement on Monday, where he disclosed that the suspects were nabbed by operatives of the commission in Enugu State. …