The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested one Miss Cynthia Atuonah, 21, over a romance scam in which she allegedly duped a German of 220,000 dollars (N101 million)Spokesperson of the police fraud unit, SP Eyitayo Johnson, stated in Lagos on Wednesday that the suspect, who claimed to be a model and owner of a massage spa known as “The-Chi-Place’’, lured the victim on Instagram.The suspect, a 2019 graduate of Economics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University...

A youth corps member serving in Oyo State, Ukanwa Ikechukwu, has been arraigned in an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court for allegedly swindling a police woamn of N235,000.The police charged the defendant with false pretence and theft.The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge during his arraignment on Friday, April 14.The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olufemi Omilana, told the court that Ukenwa on December 4, 2022, around noon with intent to defraud allegedly ob...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested an Islamic cleric and 27 others suspected to fraudster in Kwara state. The suspects were nabbed in Mandate area of the Ilorin metropolis.The commission’s followed actionable intelligence on the activities of fraudsters operating in the area.The anti-graft agency said preliminary investigation revealed the identity of the suspects to include a cleric, twin brothers, 6 students of various...