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Roberts, Paul (May 17, 2021), Nigerian man who allegedly participated in scam stealing $650M from Washington state arrested in New York, The Seattle Times – via Spokesman-Review (Spokane) Massive fraud against state unemployment insurance programs , United States Secret Service Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC), May 14, 2020, GIOC ...
At the request of former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was created by the Nigerian Parliament in 2002. [13] In February 2004, Amaka Anajemba, Emmanuel Nwude, Emmanuel Ofolue, Nzeribe Okoli, and Obum Osakwe (Christian Anajemba was deceased at this point), were all arrested and charged in the Abuja High Court with 86 counts of "fraudulently ...
The warrant for his arrest had been issued a day earlier. Investigations leading up to his arrest had been initiated 13 months earlier. On August 6, 2019, following his arrest, Okeke was charged with two counts of computer fraud and wire fraud. [6] On August 7, he pled not guilty to the charges. [8]
A Nigerian national appeared in federal court in Chicago Friday accused of orchestrating an international cyber fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say defrauded U.S. businesses in six states ...
A Nigerian man in Texas has been arrested in connection with what federal authorities say was a romance fraud scheme that netted more than $3.3 million.. Agents with the Federal Bureau of ...
Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed them to hand over ...
On 2 January 2024, Mmobuosi was charged in the US with securities fraud, making false filings with the SEC, and conspiracy charges; [6] [40] the three charges carry a maximum sentence of 45 years. [41] In a statement, Mmobuosi said the allegations were unfounded and he was "preparing to contest them to the full extent of his capacity".
Upon his arrival in the United States on 3 July 2020, he was accused of conspiring to launder 'hundreds of millions of dollars'. [20]The affidavit also accused Abbas and a co-conspirator of conspiring to launder funds intended to be stolen through fraudulent wire transfers from a 'foreign financial institution' in which fraudulent wire transfers, totalling approximately US$14.7 million, were ...