{"id":8650,"date":"2023-11-30T08:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T08:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=8650"},"modified":"2023-11-30T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T08:41:16","slug":"lagos-couple-faces-n2-7-billion-fraud-charges-pleads-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/11\/30\/lagos-couple-faces-n2-7-billion-fraud-charges-pleads-not-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Couple Faces N2.7 Billion Fraud Charges, Pleads Not Guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I understand your request for more information. The arraignment of Oriyomi and Ruth Idowu, along with their associated companies, marks a significant development in a case involving alleged fraud amounting to N2.7 billion. The charges, including obtaining money by false pretense, money laundering, stealing, retention of stolen property, and forgery, indicate the complexity of the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants entering a plea of &#8220;not guilty&#8221; sets the stage for a legal process that will unfold in the coming weeks. With the court adjourning the matter until December 15, 2023, and the defendants being remanded at the Correctional Centre, the anticipation for the hearing and determination of bail applications adds to the gravity of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Such cases highlight the ongoing efforts of entities like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to address financial misconduct. As more details emerge during the legal proceedings, a clearer picture of the alleged offenses and the evidence against the accused will likely come to light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I understand your request for more information. The arraignment of Oriyomi and Ruth Idowu, along with their associated companies, marks a significant development in a case involving alleged fraud amounting to N2.7 billion. The charges, including obtaining money by false pretense, money laundering, stealing, retention of stolen property, and forgery, indicate the complexity of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8650"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8673,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8650\/revisions\/8673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}