Frauds & Scandals

ICPC Charges Gwarzo, Former SEC Nigeria DG over 2015 N104mn Severance Package; N10mn Car Grant

Culled—Proshare May 8, 2018/Proshare WebTV  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission of Nigeria investigating the former Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr Mounir Gwarzo has charged him over the N105m severance package he got in June, 2015.  Apart from the severance package, the ICPC also […]

Nigeria: NAFDAC Seals Off Emzor, Others Over Codeine Abuse

7/5/2018/The Will Nigeria’s drugs and narcotics control agency, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Monday sealed off three major pharmaceutical companies – Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd., Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited and Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited following their ties to the codeine abuse and epidemic presently ravaging […]

Massachusetts Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced to Six Years’ Imprisonment in Parallel Criminal Case

May 8, 2018/US SEC A federal court in Boston has sentenced Yasuna Murakami, a former Massachusetts-based hedge fund manager, to 6 years in prison and ordered him to pay $10,520,634 in restitution for defrauding hedge fund investors. The criminal case arises from the same conduct alleged in an action the […]