13 articles tagged with “fraud”
From Lagos markets to Johannesburg courtrooms, recent arrests of serving and fake military officers reveal how the prestige of armed forces uniforms has become a tool for fraud, bribery, and violence across Africa.
As Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission secures a major forex fraud arrest, the country's police force undergoes contentious leadership transition, raising questions about institutional continuity in fighting crime.
A US federal court sentenced Matthew Akande to eight years in prison for $1.3 million tax refund fraud, while UK authorities arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on misconduct charges.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a former Nigerian Railway Corporation chief over $385,000 fraud allegations, while courts handle separate cases involving a $2.6 million petroleum debt and fresh forgery charges against prominent lawyer Mike Ozekhome.
Former Kaduna Governor Nasiru El-Rufai remains in custody after being transferred from EFCC to ICPC detention, while parallel corruption cases unfold across Nigeria and South Africa involving state entity fraud and investment scams.
From a fraudulent attorney practising law without credentials to a serial rapist sentenced to life imprisonment, recent court proceedings reveal the varied faces of predatory crime across South Africa.
Zimbabwean courts are processing multiple high-profile fraud cases involving property deals, unlicensed medicines, and corporate embezzlement, while South African judicial proceedings in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial and parliamentary inquiries into police corruption continue across the region.
A coordinated Hawks operation has netted 20 suspects, including senior provincial officials, in connection with an alleged fraud scheme that siphoned R113 million from emergency school repair funds in Mpumalanga.
Nigerian police have detained a travel agent accused of orchestrating a fraudulent marriage arrangement for a UK-based Nigerian national without the purported bride's consent, raising questions about immigration fraud networks.
Nigerian authorities handed over a suspect to US prosecutors for sexual extortion and murder charges, while a Lagos art gallery warned of sophisticated impersonation scams targeting artists—underscoring the country's dual role as both cybercrime battleground and enforcement partner.
Gold prices remained range-bound in thin trading volumes as markets awaited critical US PCE inflation data, while Kenyan authorities charged a Nairobi forex trader in a Sh32 million fraud scheme involving claims of processing 495kg of gold for export.
Zimbabwe's courts have handed down sentences ranging from 15 years for child sexual assault to 12 months for livestock theft, while a Nigerian fraudster operating from Mexico received prison time for defrauding the US government of $1.3 million.
From a sophisticated eCitizen heist in Kenya to billion-naira money laundering in Nigeria, recent prosecutions expose the sprawling nature of financial crime across the continent, where insider access and construction sector fraud dominate courtroom dockets.