Four jailed in Kaduna for online fraud, impersonation
Four young men have been sentenced in Kaduna for scamming people online using fake names and false promises. The Kaduna State High Court found Promise Usman, Daniel Chinedu, Fahad Yusuf Badamasi, and Emmanuel Chidera Udochukwu guilty of online fraud and impersonation. They were taken to court by the Kaduna office of the Economic and Financial […]
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 […]
Lagos court jails four Filipinos, seven Nigerians for cyberterrorism, internet fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos has succeeded in getting four Filipinos and seven Nigerians convicted for online fraud and cybercrime. Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi delivered the ruling after the EFCC filed separate cases against each of the accused. The four foreigners found guilty are Reyna […]
FBI arrests Nigerian ‘tech queen’ Sapphire Egemasi over alleged fraud in US
A Nigerian woman known online as a tech expert has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly being part of a big fraud operation that targeted US government agencies. Sapphire Egemasi, who was active on the tech platform Devpost, was taken into custody around April 10, 2025, in Bronx, New York. Alongside her, other people […]