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Two Nigerian nationals, Akinade Raheem and Abayomi Eletu, face up to 50 years each in prison for orchestrating a sophisticated $100 million tax fraud scheme against the United States Internal Revenue Service. Operating between 2018 and 2023, the defendants allegedly hijacked the identities of both tax professionals and private citizens to file over 300 fraudulent…
The era of easy identity theft via mobile numbers is nearing its end. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled the Telecoms Identity Risk Management System (TIRMS), a platform designed to kill off SIM-related financial crimes. Aminu Maida, the Commission’s Executive Vice Chairman, announced the move on Thursday in Abuja. He argued that the mobile…
A sharp rise in digital identity fraud driven by artificial intelligence tools and automated cyber operations pushed duplicate identity attacks to more than double in 2025, according to a new global report released by identity verification firm Smile ID. The findings appear in the company’s 2026 Digital Identity Fraud Report, titled From Selfies to…
