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  • Fraudster injects fake COVID-19 vaccine on 92-year-old woman

    Fraudster injects fake COVID-19 vaccine on 92-year-old woman

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    Olaotan Falade
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    British police on Friday hunted a fraudster who tricked a 92-year-old woman into handing over £160 to receive a fake coronavirus vaccine jab in what they called a “disgusting and totally unacceptable assault”. The conman knocked on the door of the pensioner in Surbiton, southwest London, on December 30, claiming to work for the state-run…

  • EFCC arrests fraudster in Aso Villa

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a dare-devil suspected impersonator and fraudster Abdulrauf Illyasu , operating within the precincts of the Presidential Villa , Abuja. According to a report by The Punch, Illyasu was operating from an office opposite the Presidential Banquet Hall , where he carried out his scams. Among his victims…

  • Alleged $17, 000 fraud: Court orders EFCC to produce devices used by fraudster

    Alleged $17, 000 fraud: Court orders EFCC to produce devices used by fraudster

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    Olaotan Falade
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    A Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered the EFCC to produce the devices, phone and laptop used by Happiness Asuquo who allegedly defrauded an American of 17, 000 dollars. Justice Nkeonye Maha, gave the order following a guilty plea entered into by Asuquo. Asuquo was arraigned by the EFCC for allegedly impersonating an American citizen,…

  • EFCC arrests fraudster with over $400,000 fake notes

    EFCC arrests fraudster with over $400,000 fake notes

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday arrested a suspected fraudster for currency counterfeiting. TheNewsGuru reports the fraudster, one Samson Otuedon, was arrested at Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, few kilometers away from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. According to the EFCC, luck ran out on Otuedon, who specialized in…

  • N2bn fraud: Maina is a messiah, not fraudster – Family

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The family of the dismissed ex-Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Wednesday said he (Maina) was never a fraudster but a messiah whose efforts had put smiles on the faces of pensioners in the FCT and other parts of the country. Maina, who was declared wanted by the Economic…