EFCC secures conviction of two fraudsters in Calabar

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Directorate, connected Wednesday, May 20, 2026, secured the condemnation and condemnation of 2 net fraudsters earlier Justice Rosemary Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting successful Calabar.

The Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, who disclosed this successful a connection connected Thursday, said the convicts pleaded blameworthy to two-count abstracted charges preferred against them by the commission.

He said 1 of the charges read: “That you, IKE EUSTA-PRINCE EZIOMUME ‘M’, sometime betwixt 2024 and 2026 wrong the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did instrumentality possession and power of $200 (Two Hundred United States Dollars) and €260 (Two Hundred and Sixty Euros), intentionally knowing that the wealth formed portion of the proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit: obtaining wealth by mendacious pretence, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act and punishable nether Section 18(3) of the aforesaid Act.”

Another complaint reads: “That you, VICTOR PIUS NNAEGBO ‘M’, sometime betwixt 2024 and 2026 wrong the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did instrumentality possession and power of ...