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Court jails thrift society CEO over N2bn fraud

A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Micheno Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Uno Michael Eke, to one-year imprisonment over a N2 billion fraud involving conspiracy, obtaining property by false pretence, and money laundering. Eke’s conviction followed his guilty plea to a four-count amended charge preferred […]

Doctor bags seven years for N127m fraud

A Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced a medical doctor, Dr Geraldine Orok Ita, to seven years in prison for fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), through its Uyo Directorate, prosecuted Ita on a 12-count charge relating to forgery and the diversion of N127,686,594. One of the charges stated: […]