ICPC discovers the foreign scam that offers false 6-week-tohage diploma

By Ayo Kehinde

The independent corrupt practices and other related crimes (ICPC) have discovered a fraudulent system that involves a foreign citizen, which has opened a Nigerian bank account to defraud local students looking for a dubious short -term academic certifications abroad.

The president of the Commission, Musa Adamu Aliyu, confirmed that the suspected bank account, managed by a foreign citizen, was discovered within weeks of investigation. Nigerian students were making payments to the pursuit of fraudulent academic certificates.

“In a few weeks, we were able to discover that a foreigner has opened an account in Nigeria while Nigerian students are paying money on the account in order to obtain that six -week diploma. And we were able to keep track of the account. We have obtained an order of civil decadence. We tried to engage in great effort to ensure that the culprits are brought to the book, especially those who are beyond our coasts,” he said.

Aliyu underlined the importance of the collaboration between agencies both within Nigeria and through the boundaries to effectively fight corruption and ensure that crime proceeds are not enjoyed by the authors. He also highlighted the historical struggles and in the course of Africa with illicit financial flows.

“We made efforts to see how we can meet to ensure that recovering assets beyond the African region. Because, as we know, Africa has been the victim of this problem of illegal financial loss. And also, if you could remember, remember that from the time of slavery, Africa has lost many resources. We know many resources.

“But the problem is that the victim is blamed. We are victims of corruption, but they continue to blame us. That’s why at regional level, we are now trying to see how we can work together to make sure to recover, trace, recover and repatriate the property on our continent,” he said.

The ICPC boss spoke on Tuesday, during a defense forum of the high -level parties focused on the trace of activity, recovery and management. The event, held in Abuja, was organized by the Center for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity (CEFTPI) with the support of the group of intergovernmental actions against money laundering in West Africa (Gialba).

The executive director of CEFTPI, Umar Yakubu, said that the event has convened a diversified group of stakeholders from anti -corruption agencies, contrast bodies, judiciary, civil society organizations and international development partners.

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