Six individuals have been apprehended for their involvement in kidnapping and fraud in Benue State, according to a statement from the state’s police spokesperson, Catherine Anene, in Makurdi on Wednesday. …
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Andreas Szakacs, the co-founder of the now-defunct OmegaPro, was arrested in Turkey in July, facing allegations of defrauding investors through a $4 billion cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. According to an August …
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Ex-Union Bank Employees Idah Ogoh and Agbo Okwute Arrested
By Adetutu Sobowale The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested two former employees of Union Bank for embezzling N4.2 million from a deceased customer’s account. The suspects, Idah Ogoh …
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A realtor was swindled out of Rs7.19 crore over a span of nine months in a fraudulent foreign remittance scheme. The victim unknowingly transferred funds to 80 different bank accounts …
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Katsina Police Arrest Four for POS Swapping Scheme
The Katsina State Police Command has apprehended a four-man gang involved in a scheme to swap Point-of-Sale (POS) machines, defrauding unsuspecting victims. During a press briefing at the Command’s headquarters …
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Fake App ScamsOnline and Tech
Ahmedabad Police Unravel ₹2,000 Crore Cricket Betting and ‘Dabba Trading’ Scam
by Ananya MehtaAhmedabad police have successfully cracked a massive cricket betting and ‘dabba trading’ scam valued at Rs2,000 crore. The State Monitoring Cell team arrested Deepak Thakkar, a prominent bookie, in Dubai. …
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A former manager at First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in Onitsha, Nwachukwu Placidus, has been sentenced to a total of 121 years in prison for his involvement in fraudulent activities. …
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A 33-year-old man, Victor Roy Lawrence, Jr., was arrested for his alleged involvement in an IRS scam that defrauded an elderly man in Marion County of thousands of dollars. On …
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Fake App ScamsOnline and Tech
Bharat Chaudhari Arrested: Mastermind Behind Mahadev App Scam
by Ananya MehtaThe Kutch police have arrested Bharat Chaudhari, the mastermind behind the Mahadev app, which is at the center of a nationwide cricket betting scandal. Chaudhari was operating a large-scale online …
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Prince Mistry, the son of BJP’s Baxipanch Yuva Morcha chief Kanu Mistry, was arrested in Ahmedabad’s Madhavpura area for allegedly defrauding around 40 individuals in a car rental scam. Victims …
by Ananya Mehta