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Emmanuel Nwude Odinigwe, popularly known as Owelle of Abagana, [1] is a Nigerian advance-fee fraud expert artist and former Director of Union Bank of Nigeria. [2] He is known for defrauding Nelson Sakaguchi, a Director at Brazil's Banco Noroeste based in São Paulo, [3] of $242 million: $191 million in cash and the remainder in the form of outstanding interest, [4] between 1995 and 1998. [5]
July 16, 2024 at 1:24 PM. ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Tuesday denied a request by former central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele to travel out of the country for treatment of an ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, who was removed from office in June, was on Friday charged with procurement fraud at a local court, which remanded him ...
Scam letter posted within South Africa. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks.The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum.
Cecilia Ibru. Cecilia Ibru (born 22 March 1946) is the former managing director and chief executive officer of Oceanic Bank. [1] She is Nigeria's first female bank CEO and was dubbed the first lady of banking. [2][3] In 2010, she was convicted of corporate fraud and sentenced to prison as part of a multibillion-dollar banking scandal.
A Nigerian court on Wednesday granted bail to former central bank governor Godwin Emefiele, who is charged with procurement fraud and has been in detention since June. Emefiele appeared in court ...
Website. https://www.efcc.gov.ng. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a Nigerian law enforcement agency that investigates financial crimes such as advance fee fraud (419 fraud) and money laundering. [1] The EFCC was established in 2003, partially in response to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering ...
Bank Verification Number. The Bank Verification Number commonly called BVN is a biometric identification system implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria to curb or reduce illegal banking transactions in Nigeria. [1] It is a modern security measure in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 1958 to reduce fraud in the banking system. [2]