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We’re working to remove Nigeria from grey list for money laundering, says NFIU boss
Hafsat Bakari, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), says the country has earned more...
Dec 3, 2024


Investment entrant fraud: Immigration consultant charged by ICAC faces 10 additional charges, four clients and an employee indicted
The ICAC had earlier charged a former proprietor of an immigration consultancy for allegedly conspiring with a client to deceive the...
Dec 3, 2024


Mastermind and 12 others charged by ICAC in $52m dummy agents commissions fraud plead guilty in District Court
An ICAC corruption investigation earlier revealed a dummy insurance agents’ scheme where individuals had conspired together to defraud...
Dec 3, 2024


Prosecutors: 9 caught laundering cash into cryptocurrency for drug cartels
A grand jury indicted nine for conspiring to launder U.S. currency into cryptocurrency on behalf of drug cartels and for running an...
Nov 24, 2024


Insurance intermediary charged by ICAC gets seven months’ jail for conspiring with policyholders over insurance claims fraud
An insurance intermediary, charged by the ICAC, was today (November 19) sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment at the Eastern...
Nov 24, 2024


Former Northstar Financial head pleads guilty to $2bn scheme
A Florida billionaire who ran a failed investment company on the island has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit offences against the...
Nov 24, 2024


‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ Gets 18 Months in Crypto Case
The woman who dubbed herself the “Crocodile of Wall Street” and “Razzlekhan” in rap videos was ordered to serve 18 months behind bars for...
Nov 24, 2024


Man who stole and laundered roughly $1B in bitcoin is sentenced to 5 years in prison
A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years laundering some of the hacked...
Nov 17, 2024
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