EFCC convicts Dennis Tamarakuro cryptocurrency laundering $71,795 cyber fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has successfully secured the conviction of Dennis Tamarakuro for a cybercrime that involved a $71,795.41 fraud. As Eko Hot Blog reports, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja sentenced Tamarakuro to two years in prison on … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has made a significant breakthrough with the arrest of 792 suspects involved in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams. EKO HOT BLOG reports that EFCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, briefed journalists at the commission’s Lagos office on Monday, revealing that the arrests occurred on Tuesday, December … Read more
Franklin Nwadialo, the newly elected Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA) in Anambra State, Nigeria, has been arrested in Texas, United States, for allegedly masterminding a $3.3 million romance scam. According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Nwadialo faces 14 counts of wire fraud and could face up to 20 years … Read more
Nigerian Man Arrested In Cambodia Over Romance Scam EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 47-year-old Nigerian national, Chukwueke Felix Chibueze, has been arrested in Cambodia over an alleged romance scam. Chibueze was arrested on Sunday, December 26 by officers from the Anti-Technology Crime Department of the Phnom Penh Municipal Police with the coordination of the … Read more
Nigerian Man Found Guilty of Scamming Pensioner, 65, of $6m In Guyana The defendant has been remanded in custody pending his sentencing, which is scheduled for November 11. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Uche Raymond Okoye, also known as Uche Parker, a Nigerian man, has been found guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses on … Read more
They were arrested by the FBI in DFW, Eastern District of Texas, Dallas, Lubbock, Los Angeles and charged in the Northern District of Texas A US federal grand jury has indicted 11 Nigerians brought before it by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for defrauding elderly victims in romance schemes. According to the court document, … Read more
Adebara coordinated with overseas co-conspirators who had assumed false identities on online dating websites and social media platforms to defraud victims A United States court in the Northern District of Oklahoma on Friday sentenced a Nigerian, Afeez Adebara, to four years in prison. Adebara bagged the jail term for managing a group of money launderers … Read more
He said their recent arrest on Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island area of the state followed credible Intel about their alleged involvement in romance scam… The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two nightclub owners for alleged internet fraud in Lagos State. The suspects – Boniface Odenigbo Amandianeze and Olasunmbo Olawale Winfunke – … Read more
Funny how they sound as if they are right next door, when they are really half a world away Internet fraudsters may have found a more convincing way to fleece unsuspecting victims of their monies through romance scams. Many agencies and websites have outlined signs and tips online daters should look out for to avoid … Read more
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday, March 12, 2021, convicted and sentenced a 38-year-old lecturer at the Kwara State College of Health Technology (Health Tech) Offa, Adebisi Ademola, to six months imprisonment over his involvement in a love scam. Ademola was among the thirty-three suspected internet fraudsters … Read more
A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has jailed one Chimah Daniel Iweregbu for scamming an unsuspecting victim of $15,000 (₦5,718,000). The spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. The conviction comes three days after Lagos Zonal Office of the commission arraigned … Read more