EFCC Arraigns Businessman for Failure to Disclose $375,000

Hamilton Nwosa
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna zonal office, on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 arraigned one Ahmad Rabiu Mohammad, a businessman, before Justice M. S. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Kaduna on one-count charge of money laundering.
Mohammad was intercepted by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, with an undeclared sum of $375,000 at the international wing of the Kaduna International Airport while travelling on board ET941 Ethiopian Airline to Dubai on March 3, 2018; and subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and possible prosecution.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.

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