Tag: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Crooks and politicians
Sonala Olumhense
Nigerian crook Obinwanne Okeke, who was arrested in the United States about 18 months ago, last week received a 10-year jail term.
Also known...
US ‘most prolific serial killer’ Samuel Little dies at 80
Samuel Little, the United States’ most prolific serial killer according to the FBI, died in California aged 80 on Wednesday, prison officials said.
Little confessed...
Thirteen Nigerians arrested for alleged $30m cyber fraud in US
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested thirteen Nigerians, over alleged $30 million money laundering scheme in the United States.
The US department...
EFCC arrests ‘most wanted’ internet fraudster listed by FBI
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) announced on Friday the arrest of Oyediran Joseph, said to be one of...
FBI, Nigerian fraudsters and other stories
Reuben Abati
This is not the best of times to be identified as a Nigerian,
especially if you are a Nigerian in diaspora. It is indeed...
EFCC tracks down Nigerian-based fraud suspects named by FBI
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the agency is collating
comprehensive data on the Nigerians...
Ihedioha denies being sponsored by alleged US-listed fraudster
The governor
of Imo State, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha has denied that his election was sponsored by Chika
Odionyenma who is one of the 77 suspected Nigerian...
Ikogho, man on FBI fraudster list is my childhood friend –...
The minister of state for Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Festus
Keyamo has reacted to the picture he took with a suspected internet fraudster,
Jerry Elo Ikogho,...
Cyber fraudsters named by FBI risk extradition to US – Dabiri-Erewa
The chairman and chief executive officer of the Nigerians in
Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged home-based
Nigerians indicted by the Federal Bureau of...
US court jails Nigerian 15 years for $10m fraud
A Federal High Court in Houston, Texas, in the United States
of America (USA), has sentenced a Nigerian, Hammed Akinola, to 180 months (15
years) in...