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EFCC arrests two suspected currency counterfeiters with fake $270,000 in Abuja

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  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested two suspected currency counterfeiters in Abuja.   A statement issued by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren on Friday, October 21, 2022, identified the suspects as Johnson Olumoyegun and Tanko Abubakar.   He said the suspects were arrested on Thursday and Friday, October 6 and 7, 2022 in Kubwa and Area 3 Axis of Abuja, with fake $270,000 (Two Hundred and Seventy Thousand United States Dollars).   In addition, Olumoyegun impersonated an officer of the Commission, using a fake EFCC ID card with the name Solomon David. He also carried an ECOWAS Passport with the name, Isa Bello.   The two suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.  

Gangster rapper, 'Champaz' jailed with two others for running heroin and cocaine empire

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  A British gangster rapper has been jailed alongside two others for running a huge heroin and cocaine dealing empire.   The rapper, 'Champaz', whose real name is Rayal Eastwood, used the encrypted EncroChat network to set up large drug deals across Birmingham and London before spending the money on flash motors.     The 38-year-old portrayed himself on social media as a singer, rapper, and producer who creates 'some of the most controversial lyrics in dancehall scenery'. But in reality, he was making money from running a large-scale drug dealing enterprise alongside Dakarai Thomas, 37, and 41-year-old Zadengel Raphael.   According to Mail Online, a court heard the trio used phone messaging which they believed offered under-the-radar conversations police couldn't trace. But law enforcement agencies in Europe had developed a technique to infiltrate EncroChat and information was passed on to West ...