A New York City liquor store owner is facing 7 years in prison after shooting a thief who assaulted him and tried stealing from his store. The incident happened after Francisco Valerio and his brother Luis caught Kevin Pullutasi and Edwin Paiquiza stealing. The owners shoved them out the door before the thieves, both aged…
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 101 suspected internet fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) across the three states of Enugu, Imo and Kaduna. CONVERSEER gathered that the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC arrested 78 suspects in Enugu and Imo States respectively. While 29 suspects were arrested on Wednesday, 15th…
Fifteen (15) Internet Fraudsters have been jailed by courts in Makurdi, Benue State, Kaduna in Kaduna State and Port Harcourt in Rivers State respectively. CONVERSEER gathered that 12 internet fraudsters were convicted and sentenced to various jail terms by Justices R.J. Egbe, N. I Afolabi and Emeka Nwite, M.S Abubarkar, M.S.Abubakar, A. Onoja, Justice Ajiya…
A court sitting in Kano, Kano, has convicted 31 persons over the abuse of naira. The conviction, CONVERSEER gathered was secured by the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an unprecedented display of regulatory enforcement. According to sources, the 31 individuals were involved in illegal currency trading and the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, 17th May 2024, handed over the sum of $22,000 recovered from a convicted internet fraudster (Yahoo Boy), Hakeem Ayotunde Olanrewaju, to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in Lagos. Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos had, on 15th August 2023,…
