Tag: FBI
Operation Rewired: EFCC officers get FBI certificates
No fewer than 44 officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have been awarded with certificates of recognition…
JUST IN: Mother, son wanted by FBI, jailed for internet scam in Lagos
An internet scammer Damilola Ahmed Adeyeri and his mother, Alaba Kareem Adeyeri, have been convicted on a four-count charge of…
FBI nabs Nigerian Arinze Ozor for $1m scams, using Ghanaian, Beninese passport
The FBI has docked a Nigerian-American Arinze Michael Ozor, based in Bowie Maryland for using fake passports to facilitate a…
Professor Bagley, expert on dirty money arrested by FBI for money laundering
A University of Miami International Studies professor Bruce Bagley, who is an authority on organized crime and money laundering has…
US charges Paul Usoro, 9 other Nigerians over $1.1m romance scams
Ten Nigerians have been charged with conspiring to launder illegal proceeds that were fraudulently obtained as a result of romance…
EFCC arraigns ‘606,’ on FBI wanted list for N207.1m fraud
By Akin Kuponiyi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arraigned an automobile dealer, Sarumi Babafemi, a.k. a. 606,…
Samuel Little: Confessions of America’s most prolific serial killer
A 79-year-old man murdered at least 50 people, making him the most prolific serial killer in US history, the FBI…
How Nigerian Criminals Across Borders Operate
Fears of backlash at home make Nigerian criminal gangs to expand their operations across the world
FBI arrests Ninalowo for $1.5 million money laundering
The Federal Bureau of Investigation says it has arrested one 40-year-old Kenneth Ganiu Ninalowo and a Country Club Hills woman, 27-year-old…
EFCC, FBI arrest 30-year-old Nigerian for $4m Internet fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, in collaboration with United States FBI, has arrested one John…
Bumper harvest: EFCC, FBI recover $169,850; N92m
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the collaborative operations between…
EFCC arrests FBI-wanted internet fraudster
The Acting Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu said Oyediran Joseph, one the most wanted…
EFCC, FBI recover $314,000, N373m from internet fraudsters
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the collaboration between the…
Video: Watch FBI-indicted Valentine Iro dancing on US dollars
Several videos have emerged of Valentine Obinna Iro, one of the two lead suspects on the FBI list of 80…
FBI’s arrest: Why you can’t judge the Igbo – Fani-Kayode
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode on Saturday said no one should judge the Igbo based on the fact that 80…
FBI Raid: Nigerians react as #IgboYahooBoys trends on Twitter
A hashtag that promotes hate and ethnic segregation, #IgboYahooBoys is currently trending on Twitter after the United States authorities arrested…
How Japanese woman led FBI to 80 Nigerian scammers
A romance scam in 2016 between a Japanese woman and a Nigerian who described himself as a US Army Captain…
In full: US grand jury indictment of 80 Nigerians, all the suspects
Here is the full 252-count indictment of 80 Nigerians by the FBI. The unsealed document reveals all the Nigerians involved…
First of its kind: FBI arrests scores of Nigerians for wire fraud, BEC scams
U.S. authorities on Thursday unsealed a 252-count grand jury indictment charging 80 people, most of them Nigerians, in a major…
Obinwanne Okeke: Inside his ‘CEO Fraud’ business
The latest about the Forbes Africa celebrated Nigerian businessman Obinwanne Okeke, now in prison in the United States is that…
Obinwanne Okeke advance ‘Yahoo Yahoo Boy’: Busted by FBI
For several years, Obinwanne Okeke, chairman 'Invictus Group' was the poster boy of the youthful Nigerian energy and entrepreneurial success.
Ohio teenager arrested with 18 rifles, 10 auto pistols, 10,000 rounds of ammo
FBI agents investigating an 18-year-old, Justin Olsen in Mahoning County, Ohio have stumbled onto a mind-boggling arsenal, enough to start…
FBI steps into Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide
US Attorney General William Barr on Saturday decried the death of wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein in federal custody while he…
FBI combing North Kansas City for 2 suspects after bank robbery
The FBI are attempting to locate two suspects after a bank robbery in North Kansas City Wednesday. Officials say just…
FBI releases document intel officials used to brief Trump on dossier
The FBI on Friday released a redacted version of the memo that top intelligence officials, including former FBI Director James…
FBI raids Raleigh mansion, removes truckload of evidence
The FBI conducted an hours-long investigation at an upscale home in North Raleigh on Wednesday. FBI reports that Federal agents…
FBI investigates pipe bombs mailed to Obama, Clinton, others
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says suspicious packages received at multiple locations in the New York and Washington, D.C.,…
Pentagon finds ‘suspicious substance’ at mail screening facility
The FBI is testing a number of envelopes sent to the Pentagon in Washington after a “suspicious substance’’ was found,…
Cyber fraud: FBI arrests 34 Nigerians
The U.S. Federal authorities have arrested no fewer than 34 Nigerians for allegedly defrauding businesses and U.S. citizens of several…
Nigerian fraudster declared wanted by FBI over email scam
FBI agents are looking for the public’s assistance in locating Kelechi Declan James. He has federal criminal charges against him…