Two men arraigned for N20.5m fraud in Kano

Sufiyanu Yahaya and Mudassir Rabiu Idris have been arraigned before Justice Ibrahim Musa Karaye of the Kano State High Court on Monday, 25 March 2024, by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on one-count separate charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of N20,500,000 (Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) only. While…

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EFCC nabs 74 suspected Yahoo Boys in Ogun

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, 28 March 2024, arrested seventy-four (74) suspected internet fraudsters popularly referred to as Yahoo Boys in Ogun State. The alleged fraudsters were arrested at the Government Residential Area, G.R.A, Shagamu, in Ogun State following surveillance and intelligence exposing their…

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Court jails unlicenced banker in Port Harcourt

Azubuike Mamwu Obasi was sentenced to six months in prison for currency racketeering in Port Harcourt. He pleaded guilty to charges of illegal acquisition of banknotes and conducting banking services without a license. The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 21, 2024, secured the conviction and sentencing…

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Court jails 2 Yahoo Boys in Maiduguri

A Federal High Court sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State has jailed two Yahoo Boys (internet fraudsters). CONVERSEER learned that the two Yahoo Boys, Omachile Gabriel (alias Priest Tamara Shane) and Micah Njawindumai (alias Edgar David, Oldmangt, Professional Hacker), were jailed on Tuesday. They were convicted and sentenced by Justice J.K Dagat of the Federal High…

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Court jails 4 young men over Yahoo Yahoo in Kaduna

The Kaduna State High sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced four young men involved in internet fraud, popularly referred to as Yahoo Yahoo to jail. CONVERSEER gathered that they were convicted and sentenced by Justices Darius Khobo and A. A Isiaka on Tuesday. Justice Isiaka convicted and sentenced Mohammed Ibrahim and Ibrahim Yusuf while…

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Court jails woman for hawking Naira notes

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, and presided over by Justice Deinde Dipeolu, has convicted and sentenced one Bose Lateef for hawking 507,500 naira notes, an offence considered as money racketeering. The convicted was secured by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, 15 March 2024….

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Yahaya Bello in court over N84bn money laundering

By Mo Isa The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, 14 March 2024, dragged former Kogi State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja for alleged N84 billion money laundering offences, alongside his nephew Ali Bello, Dauda Sulaiman and Abdulsalam Hudu. CONVERSEER learned that the EFCC is prosecuting the quartet…

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Courts jail 14 Yahoo Boys in Oyo, Ogun

By Joe Udo Justices Ladiran Akintola, O.A. Lajide, Bayo Taiwo, M.O. Ishola of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan and Justice E.O. Osinuga of the Ogun State  High Court, Abeokuta have convicted and sentenced fourteen (14) internet fraudsters (popularly referred to as Yahoo Boys) to various jail terms. They were jailed after pleading…

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