internet fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday warned hotels in the country to stop aiding internet fraudsters. The anti-graft agency's spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement that owners could become…

Controversial Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has revealed that popular internet fraudster, Hushpuppi is wanted in over 6 countries. According to the US-trained investigative journalist, Hushpuppi may never work the land as a free man…

A Kwara state High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday sentenced Oladipo Juwon, a 23-year-old HND 1 Student of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, to nine-month imprisonment, or pay fines totalling N250, 000 in the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two brothers and three others in Ibadan, over their alleged connection with internet fraud. SEE ALSO: Traders Kick Against Alleged Imposition Of Yekini Abass As Babaloja…

The other suspects all said to be part of an organised internet fraud syndicate were arrested alongside their girlfriends who confessed to EFCC officials that their partners

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Federal Government and security agencies to launch an investigation into alleged links between top members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and suspected cyber fraudster,…

Justice Mohammed Tukur of the Kaduna State High Court on Thursday sentenced one Beegu Tyopav to two years term in a correctional facility after he pleaded guilty to internet fraud. Tyopav was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…

Nigerian rapper, Zlatan Ibile has revealed that he contemplated going into yahoo when life became too tough for him. In a recent live session on Instagram, Zlatan Ibile revealed how frustration almost led him into online fraud. According…

Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that mothers of Internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Boys have formed an association to protest the arrest of their sons by EFCC…

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has stated that its collaboration with Federal Bureau for Intelligence, FBI, has been a huge success as it has made 167 arrests so far, for alleged internet fraud from August till date. The…

No fewer than 236 internet fraudsters, also known as Yahoo boys, have been arrested in 2019 in Ibadan alone, according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  (EFCC). Mr Friday Elebo, the Ibadan Zonal Head of EFCC, said this on…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said its collaboration with the United States'Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has led to the arrest of 28 Internet fraudsters, popularly called Yahoo boys. The Lagos zonal…

Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has said the Presidency is working on laws to tame internet fraud. Shehu said this while featuring on Channels TV's Sunday Politics, …

Many Nigerian entertainers and self-acclaimed entrepreneurs like Invictus Obi obtain their income fraudulently, a source close to the embattled entrepreneur has revealed. Invictus Obi, whose real name is Obinwanne Okeke, was arrested by…

Emmanuel Agundu, an Enugu-based lawyer met his death for withholding N18m internet fraud proceeds belonging to one Kenechukwu Eze, a fraudster and his gang. Eze, a 39-year-old native of Amoli Edem in the Nsukka Local Government Area of…

As EFCC operatives continue to clamp down of internet fraudsters in the country, a young man has called the commission out after arresting, assaulting and detaining him without adequate questioning. According to the victim, he was a…

Nigerian singer, Naira Marley, has said he had “gone in the cell” and has been arrested “125 times” during his stay in England. He disclosed this in a video which surfaced online barely a few hours after his arrest by the Economic and…

The Blackfriars Crown Court in the United Kingdom has sentenced six Nigerians and five other foreigners to more than 43 years imprisonment for defrauding many businesses and individuals of millions of dollars. The Nigerians include three…

A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced two convicted Internet fraudsters, Mustapha Sulaiman and Paul Chimezie, to one-year imprisonment without an option of fine. Justice M. Abdulgafar convicted the accused following…

Security operatives in the United States have apprehended nine Nigerians for defrauding people and businesses of more than $3.5 million. Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States attorney for the southern district of New York, and James C.…

An internet fraudster, Joseph Ekemezie, was on Wedensday sentenced to one-year imprisonment by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court,  for involvement in fraudulent Internet activities. Ekemezie was apprehended…