BREAKING: EFCC Arraigns Mompha For Alleged Fresh N6Billion Fraud [PHOTO]—-The Genius Media Nigeria reports that The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a Dubai-based internet celebrity, Ismailia Mustapha, aka Mompha and his firm, Ismalob Global Investment Limited for alleged money laundering to the tune of over N6billion.
This was made known via EFCC official instagram handle, saying:
Ismaila Mustaph (Aka Mompha) arraigned this morning, January 12, 2022, for offences bothering on Money Laundering and use of property derived from unlawful act.
He was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
Details later.
The agency arraigned Mompha and Ismalob before Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on eight counts bordering on the offences.
The defendants were accused of conspiracy to launder funds obtained through unlawful activity, retention of such funds, transfer of funds for a suspect Olayinka Jimoh a.k.a Nappy Boy, and unlawful transfer of funds for a record label, among others.
The sums named in the charge seen by The Nation are N5,998,884.653.18, N32million, N120million and N15,960,000, totalling over N6billion.
Mompha is also standing trial at the Federal High Court in Lagos alongside Ismalob Global Investment Limited on an amended 22-count charge bordering on cyberfraud and money laundering to the tune of N32.9bn brought against him by the EFCC.
The social media celebrity is also standing trial at the Federal High Court in Lagos alongside his company on an amended 22-count charge bordering on cyber fraud and money laundering to the tune of N32.9 billion brought against him by the EFCC.
EFCC re-arrested Mompha on Monday following fresh findings of an alleged fraudulent transfer slip of $92, 412, 75 in his iPhone 8 device.