{"id":2628,"date":"2013-04-24T13:43:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T13:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/money-laundering-efcc-raids-dubai-estate-firm\/"},"modified":"2013-04-24T13:43:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T13:43:04","slug":"money-laundering-efcc-raids-dubai-estate-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/money-laundering-efcc-raids-dubai-estate-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Money Laundering: EFCC Raids Dubai estate firm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arrested officials of a real estate firm and two hotels in Abuja for non-compliance with extant regulations mandating Designated Non- Financial Institutions, DNFIs to register with the Unit in line with the anti-money laundering laws.<\/p>\n
Those arrested in a special operation conducted in conjunction with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC are Isemede Mac-Henry, General Manager\/Accountant, First Group Real Estate Company; Fadipe Emmanuel Abiodun, Managing Director, Alexis Hotel and Ekanem Ibok Essien, Managing Director, Rittman Suites.<\/p>\n
Aside from enforcing compliance with regulations, Angela Nworgu, Head SCUML said the intelligence-driven raid is aimed at uncovering the beneficial ownership of entities that could be used to launder money within and outside Nigeria.<\/p>\n