Internet Fraud

Edikan Adiakpan, 34, a Nigerian businessman based in the US has been pleaded guilty in a U.S. district court to operating engaging in internet fraud that stole millions of dollars from some Americans. Adiakpan, one of two Nigerian…

Nigerian tech enthusiast Sapphire Egemasi, who refers to herself as a "tech queen," has been arrested by the FBI in the United States on charges of internet fraud. Accused of defrauding multiple U.S. government departments, Egemasi faces a…

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the final forfeiture of N1,292,798,746.81 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety-Two Million, Seven Hundred and Ninety-Eight Thousand, Seven Hundred and Forty-Six Naira, Eighty-One…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 98 suspected internet fraudsters in separate operations carried out in Enugu and Kwara States. According to a statement from the Commission, operatives of the Enugu Zonal…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended 40 individuals suspected of engaging in internet fraud in Bida and Minna Local Government Areas of Niger State. Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the…