The travel agent was arraigned before the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for N2.5 million visa fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has handed over N96.5 million to victims of Ponzi schemes in Enugu.
A U.S. court has sentenced a Nigerian, Nosa Edokpaigbe, to five years in prison for $1.4 million wire fraud.
Mr Oladeji said the seizures were made across various smuggling flashpoints in Adamawa in 55 separate operations.
“Please, no more protests. You will be paid before December 20,” Mr Umahi told government contractors.
The Nigerian entrepreneur, 30, is the latest suspected fraudster to face criminal charges in the United States.
Messrs Onwumere and Anagor will be on supervised release for five years and will repay the victims.
Mr Luke was arrested at the San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday while he was about to board a flight to Nigeria.
JSC approved the interim suspension of a principal registrar, Saifuddeen Mukhtar Abdullahi, over alleged criminal misappropriation of cooperative investment funds.
EPPO said on Tuesday that “there are strong suspicions” that financial rules were breached and that confidential information was leaked.
