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Court sentences 3 internet fraudsters to 90 days jail term

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Justices P. I. Ajoku and S. D. Pam of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state have convicted and sentenced three internet fraudsters to 90-days imprisonment. Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Dele Oyewale identified the convicts as Rex Akah Kinikachi Kelvin, Kennedy Chinedu Eleyi-Waltar and Chris Orji. The statement noted …

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Army raids internet fraud, ritualist den in Edo, arrests 31

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30 April 2025
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Troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army in Benin on Monday, uncovered the hideout of an internet fraudsters and ritualists syndicate in Benin, Edo State capital. Acting on a tipoff, the troops, led by the Brigade Commander, Brig. Gen. Ebenezer Oduyebo stormed a building within First Bank Estate, called Awesome Garden, along the Benin-Sapele Bypass in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area. …

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EFCC nabs 19 suspected internet fraudsters in Edo

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14 April 2025
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 19 individuals for allegedly engaging in internet fraud in Benin City, Edo State, on Saturday. As indicated in a statement posted on the agency’s X handle on Monday, the arrests were carried out by operatives of the EFCC’s Benin Zonal Directorate, who acted on reliable intelligence that pinpointed the suspects’ involvement …

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Police team turns down $100,000 bribe from internet fraudster

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16 November 2024
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Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have rejected $100,000 (About N174 million) bribe from a 28-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Patrick Akpoguma, alleged to have been involved in various types of internet-related frauds, including romance scams, identity theft, cyber hacking, cryptocurrency fraud, ritualism, and cultism. The suspect, Akpoguma, confessed to the crime while speaking with journalists at Zone …

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EFCC nabs 44 suspected internet fraudsters

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7 September 2024
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The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Ilorin, Kwara State. The Directorate arrested 56 suspected internet fraudsters only two days ago. The spokesperson of the agency, Dele Oyewale, said that “the suspects were arrested on Friday, 6 September 2024, at Sango, Kulende, Taxaco …

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EFCC arrest 40 internet fraud suspects

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1 June 2024
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The dawn operation, which was carried out following credible intelligence on the suspects’ involvement in various internet fraud schemes, resulted in the apprehension of 18 suspects in Dawaki axis, while 12 others were arrested in different parts of the capital city. The EFCC team, …

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Internet fraud: How underage boys open accounts, obtain driver’s licences — EFCC

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13 May 2024
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has revealed that underage boys, who are into internet fraud popularly called ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ do age declaration to enable them to open bank accounts and get driver’s licences to expend their proceeds from crimes, as it vowed to go after government agencies and individuals that issue the papers for the fraudulent declarations. The …

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EFCC nabs 23 suspected internet fraudsters in Sokoto

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26 August 2023
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Command have raided and arrested 23 alleged internet fraudsters popularly called Yahoo boys. A source from the zonal office of the EFCC in Sokoto said the suspects were arrested at Bafarawa Estate adding that Kalkalawa area of Sokoto State was also raided after intelligence-driven observations and intensive close monitoring proved …

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Banker, 8 others jailed for Internet fraud

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8 August 2023
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A 40-year-old banker, Andrew Nwadiashi and eight suspected internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City. They were convicted by Justice M. Itsueli on Friday after they pleaded guilty to separate charges brought against them by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to a …

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EFCC nabs 108 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun, Rivers

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10 June 2023
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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 108 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun and Rivers State. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, the spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren,  disclosed that 56 of the suspects were arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, while 52 others were arrested in another operation in Ogun State. According …

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