Six arrested for credit card fraudOctober 15th, 2009 KANNUR - Six people were arrested here for their alleged involvement in credit card frauds, the police said Thursday. Five of the arrested men are from Mumbai and the other from Kerala.
Former Las Vegas city planner gets 4-12 years in 2005 slaying of Nigerian-born boxerOctober 12th, 2009 Ex-city planner gets 4-12 years in boxer's slayingLAS VEGAS — A 55-year-old former Las Vegas city planner and longtime political activist has been sentenced to four to 12 years in prison for stabbing a Nigerian-born boxer to death in 2005. Court officials say Michael Chambliss was sentenced Monday by Clark County District Court Judge David Barker after pleading guilty in June to voluntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon.
Nigerian national held with heroin worth Rs.1 croreSeptember 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Nigerian national was arrested in the national capital with over one kg of heroin worth Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million), Delhi Police said Wednesday. Banzi Babatunde, member of an international drug cartel, was arrested Tuesday from Lodhi Road area on a specific information, a police officer said.
Australian Government takes action on agentsSeptember 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI/CANBERRA - The Australian Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, recently announced that Australia would strengthen student visa checks to stamp out fraud and ensure students have the financial capacity to live and study in Australia. These measures will reinforce Australia's standing as a high quality education destination for all genuine students.
Australia acts tough on education agentsSeptember 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI/MELBOURNE - Strengthening of student visa checks to stamp out fraud, upgrading interviews and restricting online access to Australia's eVisa system to fewer agents are some of the measures introduced by the Australian government to reinforce the country's standing as a high quality education destination. Submitting fraudulent documents or making fraudulent claims in applications by agents on behalf of their student clients is simply unacceptable.
Clarification: Mortgage fraud storyAugust 13th, 2009 Clarification: Mortgage fraud storyLOS ANGELES — In the first paragraph of an Aug. 10 story about a mortgage fraud trial, The Associated Press reported that real estate agent Joseph Babajian was acquitted in the scheme, while two others were found guilty.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presses Nigeria on corruption, sectarian violenceAugust 12th, 2009 Clinton presses Nigeria on corruption, violenceABUJA, Nigeria — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the Nigerian capital pressing the government of Africa's most populous nation to curb widespread corruption and enact democratic reforms.
Feds charge 41 in Fla. mortgage fraud schemes involving $40 million in 6 different casesJuly 28th, 2009 Feds charge 41 in Fla. mortgage fraud schemesMIAMI — Federal prosecutors say 41 people have been charged in the latest round of South Florida mortgage fraud schemes.
La. Senate panel kills 10-cent Internet 'fee' bill; money for online crime fightJune 18th, 2009 La. Senate panel kills Internet charge billBATON ROUGE, La. — A Senate committee on killed a proposal to fund online crime investigations by charging an extra 10 cents on every monthly Internet service bill in Louisiana.
Dutch navy escorting Nigerian tugboat freed by Somali pirates after 10-month hijack ordealJune 7th, 2009 Dutch navy escorting freed Nigerian tugboatTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Somali pirates have released a Nigerian tugboat they hijacked 10 months ago and a Dutch navy ship is escorting it to a safe harbor, the Dutch Defense Ministry said Sunday. Defense Ministry spokesman Lt.
Afghan man, Indian woman held with heroinJune 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Afghan man and an Indian woman were arrested here Friday with Rs.3 crore (Rs.30 million) worth of high quality heroin, police said. A Nigerian man is sought in the case.
Nigerian militants: British hostage to be freed after nearly 9 months in captivityJune 1st, 2009 Nigerian militants to free British hostageLAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria's main militant group says it hopes to release within hours a British hostage seized nearly nine months ago in the country's restive southern oil region. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in an e-mail on Monday that it hoped to release Matthew Maguire shortly in honor of the captive's birthday.
LexisNexis warns 32,000 people their personal data may have been viewed by former customersMay 2nd, 2009 LexisNexis warns 32,000 of possible data breachNEW YORK — The LexisNexis online information service is warning 32,000 people their personal information may have been improperly accessed in a credit card fraud scheme that postal officials say bilked hundreds. New York-based LexisNexis says in a letter mailed Friday that former customers of the service may have viewed information including names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.
Nigeria court sentences 27 ex-UN peacekeepers to life in prison for protesting stolen payApril 28th, 2009 Nigeria court gives 27 ex-UN peacekeepers lifeABUJA, Nigeria — A Nigerian court-martial has sentenced 27 former U.N. peacekeepers to life in prison after they were convicted of mutiny following protests that officers had stolen their extra U.N.
Eight foreigners held in Delhi with seven kg heroinApril 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Tuesday arrested eight foreign nationals in the capital and recovered seven kg heroin, worth Rs.70 million in the international market, from them, an official said. The arrested were five Nigerian men, two Mozambique women and a Thai woman.
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