US court sentences Nigerian to eight years for $1.3m tax fraud scheme
A court in the United States has sentenced a Nigerian national to eight years in prison over his role in a $1.3 million tax fraud scheme. Authorities said the conviction followed investigations that uncovered a coordinated operation involving fraudulent tax filings. Officials described the crime as a serious financial offence. Prosecutors explained that the scheme […]
Court jails six Chinese for Cyber-terrorism and Internet Fraud in Lagos
Six Chinese men have been sentenced to one year in prison in Lagos for their roles in cyber-terrorism and online fraud. The judgment was given by Justices D. I. Dipeolu and A. O. Faji at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi. The six men are JIA You (also called A. You), Wang Zheng Feng (also […]
Nigerian man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in South Africa for defrauding American homebuyer out of millions
A Nigerian man named Abdul Olatunji Samson has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. He was found guilty of a major online fraud that tricked an American homebuyer into sending over R3.2 million (more than $200,000) to the wrong bank account. Samson, who owns a popular nightclub, […]
FBI and EFCC Arrest Two Lagos Residents for $1 Million Theft from Jamaican Government
Two men in Lagos, Nigeria, have been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for stealing $1 million from the Jamaican government. The men were detained at their home in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, after an investigation into their involvement in an international cyber fraud group. […]