NIGERIAN MAKES U.S MOST WANTED LIST OVER $1M FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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 Nigerian makes US Most Wanted List over $1m fraud A Nigerian, Onoriode Ezewu, has been named on the United States Department of Labour’s first-ever Most Wanted List over allegations of money laundering involving fraudulent unemployment benefit claims worth more than $1m. The department’s Office of Inspector General unveiled the list on its website on Wednesday, naming 16 fugitives wanted in cases involving alleged fraud, identity theft, money laundering, labour trafficking and other offences. According to the agency, the cases collectively involve more than $55m allegedly stolen from American taxpayers. Ezewu’s profile on the department’s website identifies him as wanted for concealment money laundering and states that he is believed to be residing in Nigeria. “In January 2021, Ezewu was charged with 15 counts of concealment money laundering tied to fraudulent UI and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims filed using stolen identities, in a scheme exceeding $1 million that also t...
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ALLEGED $5M FRAUD: COURT ADJOURNS TRIAL OF PILOT,BUSINESSMAN TILL MAY 31.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.

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Alleged $5m Fraud: Court Adjourns Trial of Pilot, Businessman Till May 31

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, adjourned till May 31, 2023 further hearing in the trial of the duo of Victor Uadiale and Capt. Everest Nnaji over an alleged $5m fraud.

The defendants are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an amended five-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $5 million.

Justice Dada had, on March 23, 2023 ,dismissed the no-case submission filed by the defendants as lacking merit and also ordered them to open their defence today( May 24, 2023).

They pleaded "not guilty" to the charges preferred against them when they were first arraigned on December 14, 2018, and maintained the same plea to the amended charges.

The victim, Tawfeeq A. Al-Omar, a Kuwaiti national, had testified as the first prosecution witness, and narrated how he unwittingly fell into the trap of parting with his money.

At today’s proceedings, the first defendant, Uadiale, who took to the dock to defend himself, denied knowing the Al-Omar, as well as Nnaji, the second defendant, with whom he is standing trial. 

Led in evidence by his counsel, Olalekan Ojo, SAN, Uadiale, who described himself as a businessman, said: "I don't know the second defendant and I only met him at the EFCC facility. 

"I don't also know Tawfeeq Al-Omar and all the allegations are like a drama, a story from the pit of hell.

"The very first day that I was confronted with the allegations, I told the EFCC operatives that I do not know this man, and I have no idea whether he existed.

"All the allegations during the course of this trial are fabricated lies and I re-affirm that I do not know this man."

Earlier in the course of the proceedings, Ojo had moved an application seeking the leave of the court to appeal the ruling of the trial judge dismissing the no-case submission of his client.

Counsel for the second defendant, Olanrewaju Fagbohun, SAN, also moved the same application on behalf of his client. 

The prosecuting counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, raised no objection.

The applications were afterwards granted by the trial judge, who noted that, for a criminal matter, they needed not to seek the leave of the court with regard to appealing the ruling.

The case was adjourned till May 31, 2023 for continuation of trial. 



 

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