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...

DAMATURU HIGH COURT SENTENCES 20 YEAR OLD MAN TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEX WITH MINOR. (PHOTO).


 Damaturu High Court Sentences 20 Year Old Man to Seven Years in Prison for Sex With Minor


A Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State, has convicted and sentenced a 20 year old man, Dauda Umaru, to seven years in prison for procuring and having sexual intercourse with a 16 year old girl.


Details of the Court Verdict


The judgment was delivered by Justice Aisha Y. Salihu at Court 2 of the Federal High Court in Damaturu. The court found Umaru guilty of offenses that violate Section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015, as amended.


Along with the custodial sentence, the judge ordered the convict to pay a total sum of N1.5 million. The monetary penalty includes N1 million to be remitted into the Victim Trust Fund Account and N500,000 directly assigned as compensation to the victim. Failure to pay the specified financial restitution will result in an extra seven months of imprisonment for the convict.


NAPTIP Reaffirms Anti-Trafficking Crackdown


The details of the judgment were made public through an official statement published on Wednesday by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) via its social media handle.


The agency also highlighted another recent conviction secured in the state as part of its ongoing campaign against sexual exploitation and human trafficking. In that separate trial, Justice Aisha Ndume of High Court Court 10 sentenced 37 year old Fatima Sanda to two years in prison for procuring a 16 year old girl for sexual exploitation. Sanda was similarly instructed to pay N500,000 in compensation to her victim.

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