Fraud allegations: ICPC charges suspended SEC boss Gwarzo to court- The suspended director-general of the Securities and Exchange Services Commission has been charged to a Federal High Court in Abuja - Mounir Gwarzo is being accused of receiving N104 million as severance benefits in less than a month after his appointment at the commission - The ICPC filed fraud charges against Gwarzo and two other officials Fraud charges have been filed against the suspended director-general of the Securities and Exchange Services Commission, Mounir Gwarzo, by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). The minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, had suspended Gwarzo in December 2017 for alleged fraud, Premium Times reports. Legit.ng notes that Gwarzo was suspended alongside Abdulsalam Habu, the head of media division of the commission and Anastaisia Braimoh who headed the legal department. The anti-graft agency charged Gwarzo and his co-accused persons. The charges were filed before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The suspended DG is accused of receiving N104 million as severance benefits in less than a month after his appointment at the commission. One charge reads: “That you, Mounir Gwarzo, on or about June 2015, while being the director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission, received the sum of N104,851,154.94 as severance benefits when you had yet to retire, resign or disengage from the service of SEC. You conferred a corrupt advantage upon yourself and committed an offence under section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000." PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun revealed how suspended director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, threatened to blackmail her and leak some documents to the press. The minister who disclosed this in a press release on Friday, December 8, 2017 by her special adviser on media and communications, Oluyinka Akintunde, said that the threat by Gwarzo strengthened her resolve to suspend him and allow the administrative panel of inquiry to proceed with its probe. The EFCC stage a walk against corruption - on Legit.ng TV Source: Legit.ng - The suspended director-general of the Securities and Exchange Services Commission has been charged to a Federal High Court in Abuja - Mounir Gwarzo is being accused of receiving N104 million as severance benefits in less than a month after his appointment at the commission - The ICPC filed fraud charges against Gwarzo and two other officials Legit.ng PAY ATTENTION: Legit.ng