Tag: internet fraud
Man bags one year jail term for internet fraud in Lagos
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced one Aliu Tijani to one year imprisonment for internet fraud.
Tijani was sentenced to...
Fraud: Court orders barber to sweep police station for 90 days
An FCT High Court in Kubwa on Wednesday ordered a 21-year-old barber, Isaac Clement to sweep the police station in Kwali Area Council for...
Self-styled Gov’s PA, 25 others arrested for internet fraud
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, February 11, arrested one Babawale Daniel Olayinka, a self-style “Personal Assistant to the...
‘American prostitute’ bags one year imprisonment for internet fraud
The Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced 20-year-old Oyelowo Mayowa Fawas to 12 months imprisonment for offences bordering on cybercrime and...
$100,000 romantic scam lands 24-year-old man in jail
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on Tuesday, sentenced a 24-year-old man, Olamilekan Akanni Olamide, to one...
Two varsity students, 7 others jailed for internet fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have secured the conviction of nine internet fraudsters in Kwara, Osun and Benue states.
Two students of the...
Pastor Ibiyeomie curses ‘yahoo boys’
The founder of Salvation Ministry, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, has rained curses on internet fraudsters, popularly called ‘Yahoo boys’, and culpable policemen allegedly taking “bribe”...
Court jails four for internet fraud in Lagos
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Thursday, sentenced one Paul Owodu to six months imprisonment for...
Internet fraud: After losing N560m, Invictus Obi forfeits Abuja houses, cars...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of two houses and cars owned by a convicted cyber criminal, Obinwanne George...
Internet fraudster arrested with 70 ATM cards, banker nabbed
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two suspected internet fraudsters – Eze David and Onyia Chika Steven.
The suspects arrested on Saturday,...
