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  "id": 10526053,
  "title": "Court convicts 21 firms of operating illegal investment schemes, imposes N630m fines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/court-convicts-21-firms-of-operating-illegal-investment-schemes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T20:23:28.000Z",
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The EFCC accused the convicted 21 firms of acting in violation of section 57 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act of 2020. The post Court convicts 21 firms of operating illegal investment schemes, imposes N630m fines appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Court convicts 21 companies over alleged unlicensed investment operations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/court-convicts-21-companies-over-alleged-unlicensed-investment",
        "published": "2026-09-28T19:49:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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