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Report Indicts Arts Agency Of Multi-Million Naira Scam

December 31, 2019 12:50 pm

The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Olusegun Runsewe, failed to explain why he spent ₦5.6 million to buy a car without certification from the agency’s transport officer and auditor.

This is one of several cases of irregularities cited by the 2017 report of the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation.

The car procurement was made shortly after Mr Runsewe assumed office in 2017.

The report by the office of the Auditor-General, which reviews records of the country’s accounts for that year, said the agency stated that it bought the Toyota Matrix saloon car on May …

US Indicts Evil Corp Hackers With Russian Intelligence

December 5, 2019 3:29 pm

A Lamborghini-driving Moscow hacker who called his operation Evil Corp and has ties to the FSB Russian intelligence service was indicted by US authorities Thursday for the cybertheft of tens of millions of dollars.

An indictment unsealed in Pittsburgh named Maksim Yakubets and his Evil Corp partner Igor Turashev as the main figures in a group which inserted malware on computers in dozens of countries to steal more than $100 million from companies and local authorities.

The indictment was accompanied by sanctions from the US Treasury on the two men, as well as the announcement of a $5 million reward …

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