TRUMP ISSUES PARDON TO FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN BUYER AFTER INSIDER TRADING CONVICTION. (PHOTO).

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Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer after insider trading conviction    President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to former Republican congressman Stephen Buyer, who served nearly two years in prison after being convicted of insider trading tied to post-congressional consulting work. Buyer was sentenced in 2023 to 22 months in prison for illegal stock trades made while working as a consultant and lobbyist. He was ordered to forfeit more than $350,000 in ill-gotten gains and pay a $10,000 fine. He was released from custody in 2025 after his conviction was upheld, with the Supreme Court declining to take up his appeal earlier this year. In issuing the pardon, Trump described Buyer’s service as a judge advocate general in the U.S. Army and his time in Congress as “distinguished and highly productive.” The pardon, dated Thursday and released by the White House on Friday, grants Buyer “a full, complete, and unconditional pardon.” Buyer has maint...

EFCC SECURES CONVICTION OF THREE INTERNET FRAUDSTERS IN ANAMBRA STATE. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE




 EFCC Secures Conviction of Three Internet Fraudsters in Anambra


The Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of three Internet fraudsters.


The Convicts were first arraigned on September 29, 2023, before Justice Nnadi O. Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State on  one -count separate charges bordering on impersonation and attempt to obtain money by false pretences.


The suspects are: Anyanwu Prince Uzoma, Okume Clinton Chukwuemeka and Jude Onyecachi.


The lone-count reads: “That you, Jude Onyekachi, sometime in the year 2023 at Enugu State, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, fraudulently impersonated one Wilfred Baston from United States by means of your IPhone 11 via fake Google chat account with the intent to gain advantage for yourself from unsuspecting foreign nationals and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22(3) (a) & (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22(4) of the same Act”.


They all pleaded guilty to their respective charges.


Justice Dimgba thereafter convicted and sentenced them to one year imprisonment each. The Judge however gave them an option of fine of  One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150, 000) each , and also ruled that all the recovered items from the convicts be forfeited to the Federal Government.


The convicts' journey to the Correctional Centre began when they were arrested for internet-related offences,  They were charged to court and convicted. 

More photos below. 




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