US Hunts Scammers, Traces Fraudulently Transferred $$5.3m funds To Hong Kong, Nigeria, Others

LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US government has filed a civil forfeiture action to recover $5.3 million linked to a business email compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded a Massachusetts workers union. In January 2023, a spoofed email led the union to transfer $6.4 million to a fraudulent account. The funds were then routed through various international…

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Contractor Mistakenly Transferred N1bn To Nigeria Correctional Service Account

LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Finance, yesterday, heard of how a contractor, whose name was not disclosed, erroneously transferred N1 billion to the account of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) An Assistant Controller General (ACG) in the organisation, Ahmed Magaji, made the disclosure when he appeared before the panel to explain…

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