Sentences with phrase «of alleged money laundering»

More witnesses were presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, January 28, 2016 before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to testify in the ongoing case of alleged money laundering involving the National Spokesperson of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh and his company, Destra Investment Limited.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday set Thursday January 14, for the arraignment Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), and Patrick Akpobolokemi, former director general of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA before a Federal High Court, Lagos on a 40 count charge of alleged money laundering, conspiracy, stealing and diversion of funds.

Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recently ordered the freezing of some bank accounts belonging to the former First Lady due to the ongoing investigation of alleged money laundering.

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A lawsuit brought against Sater and others in 2015, which is ongoing, alleges that «for most of its existence it [Bayrock] was substantially and covertly mob - owned and operated,» engaging «in a pattern of continuous, related crimes, including mail, wire, and bank fraud; tax evasion; money laundering; conspiracy; bribery; extortion; and embezzlement.»

It's been a rough couple of days for President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, the subject of a federal indictment alleging tax fraud and money laundering.

Tove Ryding, a tax coordinator for Eurodad, told CNBC she wasn't surprised by Germany's ranking and money laundering risk, given the number of recent scandals involving German banks including Deutsche Bank, which was fined by South African anti-money laundering regulators in February, and saw investigations launched over alleged money laundering for Russian clients in June.

The two former ministers were charged by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) alongside one Danjuma Yusuf and a company, Joint Trust Nigeria Limited, on alleged money laundering to the tune of N4.9 billion.

While Nwaoboshi was dragged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged money laundering and conspiracy, two counts of money laundering and conspiracy before Mohammed Idris, a judge of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court.

FG specifically alleged that he acted in breach of extant provisions of the Money Laundering Act, the EFCC Act and the Public Procurement Act, for receiving huge sums of money from the office of the NSA, for unsubstantiated purMoney Laundering Act, the EFCC Act and the Public Procurement Act, for receiving huge sums of money from the office of the NSA, for unsubstantiated purmoney from the office of the NSA, for unsubstantiated purpose.

On Tuesday, a federal high court in Lagos had remanded him in prison alongside former Minister for Finance, Nenandi Usman, Mr. Danjuma Yusuf and a company, Joint Trust Nigeria Limited, on alleged money laundering to the tune of N4.9 billion.

By Arthur Z. Schwartz Way back in our November 1 edition, before either Sheldon Silver or «Dean» Skelos had been convicted of bribery, money laundering, and other acts of corruption, I published a piece which alleged that Assembly Member Deborah Glick had her own questions to answer.

Alleged Corruption: How Dariye Diverted N204m to Own Company - Witness The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has presented more evidence against a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, who is being prosecuted on a 23 - count charge bordering on money laundering and diversion of funds, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko, of the Federal Capital Territory, -LSB-...]

Oluwawole alleged that the Nobel Laureate was brought to Ekiti Sate for the commissioning of the new government house in a chartered helicopter paid for from the coffers of the state, while an undisclosed amount of money was also packaged for his stomach, «hence his result to unmerited image laundering for the reckless outgoing governor.»

I asked Pilgrim - Hunter if she was aware of the latest news regarding the federal probe into Espada's alleged tax fraud and money laundering, she said she was.

«Yes, bribery is illegal and money laundering is illegal, but this all stemmed from alleged misuse of public office.

Ohakim who was arraigned on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 on a three - count charge bordering on money laundering is alleged to have made a cash payment of $ 2, 290,000.00 (Two Million, Two Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars), for a piece of land at Plot No. 1098 Cadastral Zone A04, Asokoro District, otherwise known as No. 60, Kwame Nkurumah Street, Asokoro, Abuja.

The EFCC had last week Tuesday allegedly frozen Fayose's account numbers 1003126654 and 9013074033 in Zenith bank for alleged money laundering running into N1.2 billion being money allegedly taken from the $ 2.1 billion arms fund in the office of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Bello Dasuki.

In the second case at an Abuja Federal High Court, Adoke and Abubakar were alleged to have on September 16, 2013 conspired to commit money laundering when they directly took possession of the sum of $ 2, 267, 400 and converted it to the Naira equivalent being the sum of N345.2 million using one Usman Bello, a bureau de change (BDC) operator.

Rumours went viral on social media on Sunday alleging that Mr Allotey Jacobs was busted over money laundering in Britain while transiting to United States of America.

Speaking in Twi, Hopeson Adorye stringently alleged that «Allotey Jacobs was arrested at the Heathrow Airport, together with his wife, for money laundering and a bit of cocaine issue that has not been confirmed.

The charge against Metuh borders on alleged money laundering, breach of trust and criminal diversion of public funds.

This is coming on the heels of the seven - count charge slammed on the PDP spokesperson for alleged money laundering and corruption which were filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The 32 - year - old who is very popular on various social media platforms because of his display of flashy and expensive cars was reported by bloggers and social media commentators to have been arrested for alleged money laundering.

Two consulting firms with links to State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. are the subject of a federal probe into alleged tax fraud and money laundering, numerous newspapers and blogs are reporting.

He opposed Mrs. Jonathan's application, claiming that he was a member of the Special Task Force «investigating alleged amounts of money laundered by the former first lady into various accounts and properties purchased which are disproportionate to her known source of income.»

The Town of Oyster Bay's government was awash with «unscrupulous public officials» whose alleged crimes included involvement in «bribery, money laundering and a crooked multi-million dollar property deal,» Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said Thursday as authorities unsealed indictments against eight people with ties to the municipality.

Disclosing what CACOL had done in the past on Obasanjo and his suspected corruption cases, Adeniran said, «our coalition submitted a petition against former President, General Olusegun Obasanjo (Rtd) to the EFCC on November 14th, 2007 at the Lagos Zonal Office on offences bordering on alleged conspiracy, fraudulent conversion of funds and abuse of office, foreign exchange malpractice and money laundering.»

The legal luminary submitted that the alleged offences were bailable and drew the attention of the court to the fact that his client had earlier been arrested, detained and investigated by the EFCC in connection with the account of his tenure as minister of the FCT, in respect of unsubstantiated allegations of conspiracy, abuse of office and money laundering, and had been in its custody between October 24, 2016 and December 9, 2016.

The grant of the permission followed the affidavit evidence filed by the Federal Government that investigations into the alleged possession of firearms and money laundering have been fully completed.

Metuh who is facing trial for alleged criminal breach of trust and money laundering at the federal high court, Abuja, his family said had made advances to return the money but was rejected by the government.

The permission was granted following the affidavit evidence filed by the Federal Government that investigations into the alleged possession of firearms and money laundering have been fully completed.

The judge confirmed this on Tuesday during the resumed trial of Metuh and his company, Destra Investments Limited, on seven counts of money laundering involving alleged cash transaction of $ 2m and fraudulent receipt of N400m meant for procurement of arms from the Office of the National Security Adviser.

It was alleged in the 14 counts of money laundering that Ngwuta transferred the total sum of N505m «denominated in naira and US dollars» to a building contractor, Nwamba Linus Chukwuebuka, between January and May 2016.

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In any scenario, the majority would prefer to avoid a 4 - 3 vote if one of those four votes belongs to Ref Rodriguez, who faces criminal charges for alleged political money laundering.

In 2012, our report Grave Secrecy revealed an alleged money laundering scheme involving billions of dollars in suspicious transactions passing through AsiaUniversalBank (AUB), Kyrgyzstan's largest bank with alleged ties to the former president.

The anonymous company that is being used to hide the ownership of the Surrey mansion can be linked to the alleged money - laundering scheme used to get the funds out of Kyrgyzstan.

Global Witness have today called on the US Treasury Department to take action to close the loophole in US anti-money laundering rules that is alleged to have allowed more than US $ 500 million of money from the 1MDB corruption scandal into the US.

Former Burges Salmon partner Roger Hawes has been found not guilty of a money laundering offence, following a trial at Southwark Crown Court relating to his alleged role in a # 245m fraud at HBOS in Reading.

A committee of the European Parliament is investigating alleged contraventions of EU law relating to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion arising out of the disclosures.

Today's legal news was dominated by Bernie Madoff's entry of a guilty plea to eleven charges — including securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering and making a false filing to the SEC — all tied to his alleged $ 50 billion Ponzi scheme.

In the Federal District Court, Pensacola and Panama City divisions, we have tried to jury verdict cases involving various types of alleged conduct including conspiracy, money laundering, drug trafficking, mortgage fraud, mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, perjury, internet crimes, bank robbery and securities or investment fraud.

Many investigations we handle involve alleged securities fraud, benchmark interest - rate manipulation, bribery, money - laundering, breaches of environment law and anti-competitive behaviour.

Shareholders derivative lawsuit filed against a depository bank's former and current officers and directors alleging corporate misconduct relating to $ 1.5 billion of deposits relating to money laundering allegations.

The test for unlawful conduct under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (PCA 2002), Pt 5, is whether it is more probable than not that a person alleged to have committed fraud or money laundering has obtained the property in issue through the unlawful conduct alleged; it is not sufficient solely to establish a lifestyle inconsistent with any identified lawful income.

In the case of United States v. Scheinberg, against the founders of the three largest online poker companies, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Cereus (Absolute Poker / Ultimatebet), and a handful of their associates, which alleges that the defendants violated the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and engaged in bank fraud and money laundering in order to process transfers to and from their customers.

The practice's recent representations include: (i) CONMEBOL in connection with U.S. criminal investigations and prosecutions into allegations of bribery and corruption in the international soccer world; (ii) the Special Committee of Banco BTG Pactual S.A. («BTG Pactual») in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its former CEO and other bank executives, in which we found no basis to support the allegations against the Bank and its employees; (iii) two of the largest construction companies in Brazil in potential civil and criminal investigations and litigation involving the Petrobras bribery scandal (Lava Jato), the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history, involving allegations of over $ 2.5 billion in bribes and kickbacks; (iv) the Government of Brazil in a corruption matter involving former senior government officials and multiple jurisdictions; (v) the General Manager of one of the largest energy companies in Central America in connection with allegations of bribery in Guatemala; (vi) a Mexican high - ranking executive for Wal - Mart Stores, Inc. in connection with DOJ and SEC FCPA investigations against Wal - Mart; (vii) a large Argentinean oil company and its owner, one of Argentina's wealthiest individuals, in connection with high - profile DOJ and SEC investigations involving alleged FCPA violations to secure an extension of oil rights in an Argentinean oilfield; (viii) the United State's largest chemical and industrial products companies in an internal investigation of alleged corruption involving its Mexican subsidiary; (ix) the Rosenthal family, one of the most prominent families in Central America, in a number of related criminal matters; and (x) a senior executive of one of Venezuela's largest engineering companies in DOJ investigations into corruption and money laundering involving PdVSA.

On behalf of a multinational corporation, we conducted an internal investigation in the Middle East of alleged FCPA violations, money laundering, trade sanctions violations, and fraud.

Advising and acting for solicitors in court proceedings (alongside SRA referral) arising out of alleged breaches by the solicitor of the Money Laundering under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2007.

Miami - Dade Circuit Judge Teresa Pooler has dismissed a money - laundering case involving an alleged «illegal sale» of bitcoins, after declaring that under the laws of the state, the digital currency is not considered to be a form of...