Fraud
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Three Nigerians jailed in US for fraud targeting elderly, vulnerable individuals
Three Nigerians have been jailed in the U.S. for participating in an international mail and wire fraud scheme originating in…
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Nigerian bags 11 years in jail in US for money laundering, passport fraud
A Nigerian man, Chukwunonso Obiora, formerly of Massachusetts, has been jailed for his role in separate schemes to launder criminal…
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Two Nigerian convicted in US for romance scam
Two Nigerian nationals, Olutayo Sunday Ogunlaja, 39, and Abel Adeyi Daramola, 37, may spend the next 20 years in jail…
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Court temporarily freezes 21 bank accounts, orders arrest of account owners
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the interim freezing of 21 bank accounts in some commercial banks over…
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Nigerian man extradited to US for $6m fraud
A 37-year-old Nigerian man, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, has been extradited to the District of Nebraska in the United States of…
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Three Nigerian men indicted in multi-million dollar internet-enabled investment fraud scheme in US
U.S. Attorney, Philip R. Sellinger, has announced the indictment of three Nigerian nationals for their roles in a transnational internet-enabled…
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Court jails couple for 16 years, deregisters their church for N52m fraud
A Lagos State High has convicted and sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein Uyanwanne) and Temple…
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Harvesters Church pastor, Bolaji Idowu, speaks after his arrest for fraud
The Senior Pastor of Harvesters International Christian Centre, Bolaji Idowu, has broken his silence after he was arrested in connection…
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FBI arrests US City Mayor Yemi Mobolade over contrived racist attack to win
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Colorado Springs Mayor, Yemi Mobolade, for allegedly organizing a racist attack on…
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‘Nigeria mismanaged’, Senator Shehu Sani reacts to recovery of 753 duplexes from a govt official
Politician and former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has bemoaned the mismanagement of the resources of Nigeria by past government…
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FBI arrests Nigerian fraudster, Bola ‘Bobo Chicago’ over $2.8m fraud
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, aka “Bobo Chicago,” in connection with a $2.8 million…
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Two Nigerians in US bag 30-year jail for $3.5m romance scam
Two Nigerians, Anthony Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, have been jailed for 30 years by the a United States federal jury…
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Nigerian man bags six years imprisonment in US for $6M bribery scheme
A 54-year-old Nigerian man, Ifeanyi Ozoh, has been jailed following his conviction for conspiring to pay and receive health care…
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Nigerian man unaware he was on FBI radar for fraud walks into his arrest on arrival in US
A 40-year-old Nigerian man, Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, who was unaware he was on the FBI watch list has walked into…
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Nigerian man, Agbaje bags 142 months in jail for $200K fraud in US
A Nigerian citizen, Christopher Agbaje, has been found guilty of aiding in an attempt to defraud a North Dakota law…
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