The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to help with the arrest of two Nigerian fugitives wanted over healthcare fraud in the United States. Babatunde Shodiya and Yinka Jamiu were on September 25 indicted by a grand jury at the U.S. District Court of Minnesota over a […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Nigerian auditor Olayinka Oyebola and his accounting firm, Olayinka Oyebola & Co., for their alleged involvement in a major securities fraud scheme orchestrated by businessman Dozy Mmobuosi, and three U.S.-based companies collectively referred to as the Tingo entities. This comes on the heels of a $250 […]
The United States has indicted two Nigerians—Shodiya Babatunde and Jamui Ahmed—for their alleged roles in a fraudulent business email scheme that defrauded healthcare companies of over $13 million. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota on Thursday, Babatunde and Ahmed fraudulently redirected more than $13 million in payments […]
Military personnel from 3 Battalion Nigerian Army Barracks at the popular Army Estate, Effurun in Uvwie, Delta State have arrested no fewer than 100 youths suspected to be internet fraudsters as the operatives stormed one HK “Hustle Kingdom” school. The facility is said to be a cybercriminal training network school in the metropolis, where intending […]
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, convicted American businessman Marco Antonio Ramirez on Tuesday for his involvement in a $1.2 million (approximately N2.6 billion) EB-5 visa scam. The judge also found him guilty of a separate fraud totaling $368,698.24. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecuted Ramirez and his […]
The Kansas Attorney General’s Office, United States, successfully thwarted an attempt by Bimbo Toyin Akinyemi, a Nigerian national, to defraud a Kansas resident of cryptocurrency. This was revealed in a statement titled, “State of Kansas, U.S., Thwarts Attempt by Nigerian Crypto Scammer to Defraud Resident, Attracting Over $50,000 in Civil Penalties.” BitKE, known for reporting […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday handed over a total of $180,300 and 53 vehicles, fraudulently taken by some Nigerians from Canadian citizens to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Speaking at the signing ceremony for the return of the recovered vehicles and funds, the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede, stated that […]
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten have sentenced Nigerian brothers, Samuel Ogoshi, age 24, and Samson Ogoshi, age 21 to 210 months in federal prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for the crime of Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit Minors. On March 25, 2022, 17-year-old high school student, Jordan DeMay, […]
Two Nigerians, Franklin Okwonna and Ebuka Umeti, have been sentenced to prison by a U.S. federal court for their involvement in a large-scale wire fraud scheme that defrauded victims of over $5m. This was contained in a statement posted on the website of the US Department of Justice, on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Okwonna, 34, was […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced one Courage Ikpaka to two years imprisonment for duping a United States citizen, Mrs Yvelte M. Thompson of $53,000 by impersonating Nigerian musician, Chinedu Okoli popularly known as Flavour N’abania. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu convicted Ipaka on Tuesday following his guilty plea to a two-count charge brought against […]
