Tag: FRAUD
Court discharges, acquits Babachir Lawal of N544m fraud
An FCT High Court on Friday discharged and aqcuitted a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal and five others of...
50 Cent to shoot Hushpuppi TV series
American rapper and movie producer 50 Cent has announced plans to make a TV series about the convicted Nigerian fraudster Ramon Abass aka Hushpuppi.
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Hushpuppi jailed 11 years in US, to pay $1.7m restitution
A US Court on Monday sentenced Nigerian Ramon Abass aka Hushpuppi to 11 years in prison for conspiring to defraud people of millions of...
Hushpuppi’s wife, imams write US judge
Wife of convicted fraudster Ramon Abass aka Hushpuppi and some imams have written to a US court pleading for leniency for the self-confessed international...
Money laundering: Shasore arraigned in Abuja amid cases in Lagos
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned a former Lagos State attorney general Olasupo Shasore (SAN) on a 14-count money laundering...
Hushpuppi for sentencing Monday — US Court
Nigerian fraudster Ramon Abass aka Hushpuppi will on Monday, November 7 be sentenced, according to the US Attorney’s Office for Central District of California,...
Alleged N400m fraud: ICPC arraigns former NABDA boss Alex Akpa, others
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday arraigned former acting director-general, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Alex Akpa,...
Suspended AGN chairman Nneoma Ukpabi breaks silence on fraud allegation
Suspended chairman of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Imo State chapter, Nneoma Ukpabi, has denied an allegation about defrauding a member of the...
Fayose’s alleged fraud trial stalled
A Federal High Court in Lagos could not continue the trial of a former governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose, on Wednesday for alleged money...
Mama Boko Haram convicted again, jailed seven years for N34m fraud
A Borno State High Court has again convicted Aisha Alkali-Wakil, also known as Mama Boko Haram, and also Tahiru Saidu-Daura and Lawal Shoyode for...