Four Corners takes you inside the world of online scamming, as reporter Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop meets teenagers running romance scams out of internet cafes in West Africa and tracks global crime rings involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.
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The 40-year-old – a preacher at Grace Faith Ministries in Leeds – was jailed for ten months. Motondo stored one of the cars involved used in the scam behind the Pentecostal church in Cross Green where he regularly delivers sermons. He pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by false representation and one count of
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At least 27 Nigerians have been kidnapped from four states in the past 48 hours, amidst the growing insecurity across the country. Kidnapping for ransom has become one of the major security challenges facing Nigeria. Others include banditry, Boko Haram and ethnoreligious violence. The insecurity across the country persists despite the efforts of security agencies.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Friday, May 17, 2019, arraigned two legal practitioners, Tom Awhana and Paul Okoro, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a 19-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal and stealing to the tune of N192,436,342.30 (One Hundred
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After tracking a gang of fraudsters, police make a move and raid two addresses resulting in the arrest of two men. Further analysis of phones reveal even more gang members involved in the fraud. Catch up now on the ITV Hub: https://bit.ly/2FqKgB2 Source:
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Martin Levick, the former CEO of investment house Genesis Capital, is facing criminal and civil legal action amidst allegations of fraud. (Supplied) Martin Levick, the former CEO of investment house Genesis Capital, has been provisionally sequestrated and is facing criminal and civil legal action amidst allegations of fraud. Levick, who was known as an innovator
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The Blackfriars Crown Court in the United Kingdom has sentenced six Nigerians and five other foreigners to more than 43 years imprisonment for defrauding many businesses and individuals of millions of dollars. The Nigerians include three brothers, two women who are wives to two of the brothers, and the sixth person who is their associate.
Tulsa World staffers received dozens of calls from Sierra Leone phone numbers, some listed as originating from the U.S., that are said to be part of a call-back scam. Recent calls from Sierra Leone to people in the Tulsa area and around the state are reportedly scams. The Sand Springs Police Department put out a
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Cape Town – In 2004, Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford at 19 to start a company that was going to revolutionise healthcare. In 2014, Theranos was valued at $9bn, making Holmes, who was touted as ‘the next Steve Jobs’, and the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world. Just two years later, Theranos was
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