Frauds & Scandals

Take 5 to Protect Yourself with MasterCard ID Theft Alerts

September 16, 2015/MasterCard Five minutes is all it takes for fraudsters to wreak havoc with your personal and financial information. That’s why, starting today, MasterCard is launching its “Take 5 to Protect Yourself” initiative, a campaign to encourage cardholders to fight fraud by taking just five minutes to sign up […]

SEC Lift Suspension on Cowry Asset

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s apex capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Friday it has lifted the indefinite suspension slammed ON Cowry Asset Management Limited and its sponsored individuals from Issuing House functions. “This is to notify the investing public that Cowry Asset Management […]

N28.9bn fraud: EFCC arrests BGL boss, Okumagba

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested the Group Managing Director of BGL Plc, a Lagos-based financial services company, Mr. Albert Okumagba, for alleged N28.9bn fraud. An operative of the commission, who confided in our correspondent, said that those investigating the matter had been grilling the BGL […]