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ICPC Convicts Internet Fraudster for Defrauding Female Students

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured conviction against one Chisom Alex for using the Internet to fraudulently swindle unsuspecting Nigerians of their money. The 36-year old Chisom was dragged before Hon Justice A. Enebeli of a Rivers State High Court sitting in Portharcourt after one of his victims, a student, sent in a petition to the Commission alleging that the convict had swindled her of N250, 000.00. Investigations also revealed that the convict had also defrauded a banker of another sum of money. ICPC…

ICPC finally Arraigns former Aso Savings Executive Director, Maimuna Aliyu

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), today arraigned a former Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans Plc, Maimuna Aliyu, for defrauding the bank of N57 million. The Commission in a 3-count charge before Hon. Justice M. A. Nasir of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court No 16 sitting in Jabi, Abuja alleged that Maimuna used her position as the Executive Director of Aso Savings and Loans Plc, to confer corrupt advantage upon herself when she received the sum of N57, 000,000 being the proceeds of…

Court Sentences Civil Servant to 35 Years in Jail over N2.5m Fraud

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Justice E. Edigin of High Court 3, Benin City has sentenced a civil servant with Benin Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA), Mr. Monday Isiorh Okoh, to 35 years in jail for mismanaging the agency’s N2.5 million. Okoh, who was a Salary Officer with BORBDA was dragged before Justice E. Edigin by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for mismanaging over N2.5 million belonging to the agency through multiple bank accounts. The Commission in a 12-count charge, accused the convict of using his position to corruptly…