Justice Agbim noted that «the fuel
subsidy fraud involved corruption and fraud on a very massive scale»; that it involved many oil companies and officials of government's regulatory agencies «looting and stealing of trillions of naira from the Federal Government of Nigeria and threatening the security and economy of Nigeria.»
The subject matters
involved in these trials included many complex «white collar» matters, including criminal violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, environmental
fraud, health care
fraud, obstruction of justice, computer - related crimes,
fraud in government
subsidy programs, and public corruption.