Financial Crime

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Metro

Nigerian National Faces Swift Prosecution Demands Over Alleged $6.5 Million Fraud in Ghana

Growing pressure is mounting on Ghanaian authorities to expedite the prosecution of Sunny Anwamini, a Nigerian national embroiled in fraud allegations totaling $6.5...

World

George Santos Faces New Insider Trading Probe Over Prediction Market Activity

George Santos, the disgraced former congressman whose brief tenure in Washington became synonymous with fabrication and fraud, now faces a fresh legal nightmare....

Metro

Nigeria Police Extradite Alleged Romance Scam Suspect to United States

The Nigeria Police Force through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau Abuja has extradited Samuel Ugberease, popularly known as Putsammy, Putput, and Sammy, to...

Metro

NDLEA, International Agencies Dismantle Transnational Drug Money Laundering Network, Arrest Billionaire Suspect

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have announced the dismantling of a transnational criminal organization involved...

Metro

Court Fixes June 15 for Ruling in Yahaya Bello Money Laundering Trial

The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed June 15 2026 for ruling on an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

Metro

Nigeria Police Repatriate Chinese Fugitive Over $245m Ponzi Scheme

The Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau Abuja, has arrested and repatriated a Chinese fugitive, Xu Qing, to the People’s...

Economy

Court Remands Ex Skye Bank Chairman Ayeni Over Alleged N15.6bn Fraud

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Apo Abuja has ordered the remand of Tunde Ayeni former chairman of the...

Metro

EFCC Cleared Pastor Jerry Eze After Six Month Money Laundering Investigation Says Olukoyede

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that popular cleric Jerry Eze was investigated for six months...

World

Uttar Pradesh Police Bust Massive GST Evasion Racket Spanning Twenty States

Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have uncovered a large scale goods and services tax evasion racket operating across twenty...

Metro

Police Arraign Man Over Alleged N60m Visa Fraud in Lagos

Officers of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force have arraigned a man, Israel Onen, before the Federal High Court in...