Federal Government Charges Justice Ngwuta With Money Laundering & Age Falsification
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, preferred six counts, including money laundering against a Justice of the Supreme Court, the Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
He was accused of retaining in his residence large amount of foreign and local currency during the raid on his house by the operatives of the Department of State Services between October 7 and 8.
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation, which filed the charges on Tuesday, described the sums of money “as proceeds of unlawful activity”.
The offences captured in counts one to three are said to be contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act.
Apart from the money laundering charges, Justice Ngwuta is also accused of being in possession of two valid Diplomatic Passports, an offence said to be contrary to Section 10 (1) (a) of the Immigration Act 2015
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