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24 stories tagged money laundering.
Nigerian Cross-Dresser Claims Injury During Arrest, Denies Bribing Officials The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted bail to Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, following a controversial…
Claims His Godfather Arranged Private Accommodation Near Prison as He Seeks Amnesty Popular Nigerian cross-dresser Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, has reportedly revealed that he paid N5 million to a…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has cleared the former Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, of money laundering. It was reported that the Nigerian Financial…
Faisal Maina, son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and…
Data from a recent investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has listed nine areas in Lagos State as hotbeds for suspected internet fraudsters. Most of the areas are in Lekki, according to the data…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The ex-governor, who has been on the commission’s…
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has narrated his encounter with the alleged international fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi. On his verified Facebook page on Thursday, Kyari, a leader of the…
Hushpuppi, a Nigerian facing several charges ranging from money laundering, internet fraud among other cybercrime has agreed to plead guilty to all charges According to Evan Ratliff, a reporter for Bloomberg, Ramon…
Popular actor, Zubby Micheal has asserted that despite being the biggest actor in Africa, he doesn’t pay tithe in any church. The movie producer in an interview he had with Broadway TV disclosed that he thinks he is the…
Claudio Oliveira, proprietor of the Bitcoin Bank in Brazil and known as the ‘Lord of Bitcoin,’ was captured yesterday for his supposed cooperation in an extortion plot including $300 million. As per requests from…
There is tight security presence by the combined team of the police and the operatives of State Security Service (SSS) as the Federal Government brings the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday dismissed the entire 40 counts bordering on alleged N34bn fraud filed by the Federal Government against Global West Vessel Specialist Limited, a company linked to a former…
Alleged international fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Ray Hushpuppi, once said his dream was to own two commercial motorcycles otherwise known as okada and a commercial bus popularly called danfo. He said this during a live…
Infamous Nigerian socialite, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi across the social media has been charged to court today and according to the US Attorney, he will serve a maximum of 20 years in federal…
A former banker, Seye Onigbinde, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defrauding 354 Nigerians to the tune of over N500m in illegal foreign exchange deals.PUNCH Metro gathered that…
A Nigerian, Vincent Izuchukwu Ezeocha, has been arrested in Louisiana, US for deceiving a victim into releasing the sum of $22,250 online. The 27-year-old is facing charges of bank fraud, felony theft, and money…
54-year-old Antonio Saca ,El Salvador’s former president has been sentenced to two years imprisonment after been found guilty of bribery. According to UK Reuters, Antonio,, who is already serving a 10-year prison…
The war of words between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the embattled President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, continues with a detailed explanation from the anti-graft agency on the…
Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari showered praise on his predecessor, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, for handing over power to him peacefully in 2015, the Presidency on Thursday attacked Jonathan over his position…
Justice John Tsoho of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court Wednesday ordered the founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, to open his defence in a corruption allegation against him by the…
