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  Alleged ₦80.2bn Fraud: Yahaya Bello Apologizes as Court Grants ₦500 Million Bail

  EFCC

  December 16, 2024

  One of the charges read: “That you, Yahaya Adoza Bello, Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman, and Abdulsalam Hudu (still at large), sometime in February 2016 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, conspired amongst yourselves to convert the total sum of ₦80,246,470,089.88 (Eighty Billion, Two Hundred and Forty-Six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Eighty-Nine Naira, Eighty-Eight Kobo), which sum you reasonably ought to have known forms part of the proceeds of your unlawful activity to wit: criminal breach of trust, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 18(a) and punishable under Section 15(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011, as amended.”

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  Fight against terrorism and violent extremism: Council approves conclusions on reinforcing external-internal links

  European Council

  December 16, 2024

  Today, the Council approved conclusions aimed at enhancing efforts to  address terrorism and violent extremism. Together with the Council conclusions on 'future priorities for strengthening the joint counterterrorism efforts of the EU and its member states' approved last week, today’s conclusions prove the EU’s resolve to cooperate with partner countries and to protect EU citizens.

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  Website Alert – Fraudulent website related to Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd.

  HKMA

  December 16, 2024

  The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a press release issued by Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. relating to a fraudulent website, which has been reported to the HKMA.  A hyperlink to the press release is available on the HKMA website.