Two Nigerians, Olumide Olorunfunmi and Emmanuel Unuigbe, have been sentenced in the United States to 30 months in prison each and ordered to pay over $4.6 million in restitution for laundering proceeds from romance scams and business email compromise schemes affecting more than 125 victims.
A Lagos High Court has sentenced Osaibovo Charles to 50 years in prison for impersonation and multiple fraud offenses.
A Justice Department memo reportedly casts doubt on the fraud allegations against New York Attorney General Letitia James, suggesting weak evidence and unclear legal grounds for her indictment.
The EFCC has confirmed that former Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa remains under investigation for alleged N1.3 trillion fraud despite his defection to the APC.
A Nigerian man, Lucius Njoku, has been sentenced in the UK for impersonating a female nurse and working illegally at an NHS hospital using his friend’s identity.
Sujimoto Construction has denied fraud allegations, insisting project delays were misrepresented and pledging legal action against those spreading the reports.
US President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of disgraced former congressman George Santos, who was serving seven years for fraud and identity theft, declaring that he had been “horribly mistreated.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on a mortgage fraud charge in a politically charged Justice Department case linked to President Trump.
Lawmakers inaugurated an ad hoc committee to regulate cryptocurrency and PoS operations in Nigeria, citing fraud, money laundering, and security risks.
Katsina State has dismissed 3,488 workers following a biometric screening exercise and recovered ₦4.6 million from those engaged in salary fraud.