fraud

By HILLARY ESSIEN  A Nigerian man Ismaila Fafunmi has been convicted at a U.S. District Court after Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indicted him of crimes bordering on money laundering, romance scams and other fraudulent schemes targeting American senior citizens. […]

By Joseph Onyekwere A Lagos landlord, Alhaji Ahmed Olorunnimbe, has slammed a N5million suit against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and three others for allegedly breaching his fundamental rights.  The businessman is also asking the court to make an order of perpetual […]

By Jeremiah Oke A magistrates’ court in Ibadan has ordered the remand of a 36-year-old staff member of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tosin Adeyemi, over alleged fraudulent transfer of  N10 million from a customer’s account. Adeyemi was charged […]

by Onimisi Alao A court in Adamawa State has remanded a former judge for allegedly selling other people’s lands without authority to do so. Bashir Mohammed, an ex-Area Court judge, who retired about three years ago after last serving in Gombi, […]

NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA  Three persons – a university graduate, an undergraduate and one other – were on Friday sentenced by a Kwara State High Court to various jail terms for committing financial crimes. The convicts included, Omotosho Olorunyomi, a […]

A 56-year-old, Abiodun Akande, who allegedly defrauded a businessman, Felix Obichukwu, of N8 million, was on Wednesday docked at a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Akande, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of obtaining money […]