MAN BAGS EIGHT YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR N132M MONEY LAUNDERING IN LAGOS . (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Man Bags  Eight Years Imprisonment for N132m Money Laundering in Lagos  The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Onatayo Pelumi for money laundering involving funds totalling about ₦132 million. Pelumi was convicted by Justice Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on five counts bordering on the retention of proceeds of unlawful activities in bank accounts domiciled with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) and Zenith Bank. The charges alleged that the convict retained various sums of money in the accounts between January 2023 and June 2026, knowing that the funds formed part of the proceeds of unlawful activities. The court sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment, with an option of a ₦300,000 fine, on count One. On counts two, three, four and five, he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on each count, with an option of a ₦300,000 fine on each count. The terms of imprisonment are to run concur...

140 CYBER-CRIMINALS ARRESTED OVER THREE MONTHS IN LAGOS-EFCC.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

 

The Lagos Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has disclosed that about 140 cybercriminals were arrested in the zone over a period of three months.
He said 38 cybercriminals , including seven girls, were arrested on a particular day during one of the raids in some parts of the state.
Speaking on a radio pragramme, Sadiq and the Guru on Lagos Talks 91.3FM, on Monday, December 14, 2020, Bawa further lamented that cybercriminals were not contributing genuinely to the economy of the country.
According to him, “ we have carried out series of investigations regarding computer-related fraud.
“We have done about nine of such investigations around the Lekki area of Lagos.
“ Over a period of three months, we arrested close to 140 cybercriminals.
“In one of the raids, we arrested 38, including seven girls, who are “girlfriends” of the suspects. But the girls were immediately released after it was established that they were not abetting or aiding their boyfriends in the alleged crime.”
He described the development as “ as a huge problem”, and charged Nigerians to join hands with the Commission to stamp out internet fraud from our society.
Responding to the allegation that the Commission had been thriving on media trial, Bawa vehemently refuted the claim, saying it had always been peddled by people who are ignorant of the modus operandi of the Commission.
Bawa, who also frowned on linking the achievements of the EFCC to alleged media exposure, added that “ The only place where a trial takes place is in the court.
“We charge people to court, and the court is
at liberty to look at what we do. If it agrees with what we have presented before it, it gives judgment in our favour and vice-versa.

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