EFCC Release: EFCC Arraigns 13 Fuels Subsidy Theft Suspects
By Wilson Uwujaren Ag. Head, Media & Publicity Unit
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, October 5, 2012 arraigned thirteen suspects implicated in a fresh N3.7billion fuel subsidy scam. The massive fraud was perpetrated using various instrumentalities such as forging of Bills of Lading, Certificate of Quantities and Certificate of Origin among a posse of criminal infractions to fraudulently obtain payments from the Petroleum Support Fund as subsidy for the importation of Petroleum Motor Spirit (petrol).