EFCC Arraigns Man For N10m Fraud

Hamilton Nwosa
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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on June 20, 2018 arraigned one Dominic Isang Wilson and Compart Goals International Limited before Justice Suleman Baba Namalam of State High Court Kano State on two count charges bordering on Issuance of Dud Cheque.
The suspect who is the Managing Director of the second accused, Commpart Goals International Limited, introduced his company to the public as a Non-Governmental Organization, purportedly managed by the Nigeria Human Empowerment and Community Development Program counterpart funding by the Federal Government, State Government and International Development Partners.
Based on this representation, the accused person registered so many other companies under commpart Goals International Limited.
The accused person allegedly awarded a contract in the sum of N10,254,820 (Ten Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand, Eight Hundred and Twenty Naira) only to the complainant for the supply of medical and pharmaceutical which he refused to pay but instead, issued them with two post-dated cheques in the sum of N5,127,410 each which were returned unpaid on presentation to the bank for lack of funds in the account.
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the two count charges read to him and enter same plea on behalf of his company.
Prosecution counsel Salihu Sani applied for a date for hearing.
The counsel to the accused person made an application for bail but the judge said he need time to go through it.
He adjourned the case for hearing of the bail application to June 27, 2018 while the accused was remanded in EFCC custody.

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