NIGERIAN MAKES U.S MOST WANTED LIST OVER $1M FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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 Nigerian makes US Most Wanted List over $1m fraud A Nigerian, Onoriode Ezewu, has been named on the United States Department of Labour’s first-ever Most Wanted List over allegations of money laundering involving fraudulent unemployment benefit claims worth more than $1m. The department’s Office of Inspector General unveiled the list on its website on Wednesday, naming 16 fugitives wanted in cases involving alleged fraud, identity theft, money laundering, labour trafficking and other offences. According to the agency, the cases collectively involve more than $55m allegedly stolen from American taxpayers. Ezewu’s profile on the department’s website identifies him as wanted for concealment money laundering and states that he is believed to be residing in Nigeria. “In January 2021, Ezewu was charged with 15 counts of concealment money laundering tied to fraudulent UI and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims filed using stolen identities, in a scheme exceeding $1 million that also t...

NIGERIA POLICE INTERCEPT HEAVILY ARMED KIDNAPPERS ON THEIR WAY FOR OPERATION.{PHOTO}.


                   In continuation of targeted onslaught against crime and criminality throughout the country,the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team {IRT} recorded a major breakthrough in Rivers and Bayelsa states.
2. Acting on credible intelligence and public support,on the 29th of November,2016,the IRT intercepted a four-man gang of heavily armed kidnappers,notorious for terrorizing the waterways and kidnapping in Rivers and Bayelsa states,along Azikiwe Road,Port Harcourt,Rivers State on their way for an operation.A gun duel ensued,after which three of the kidnappers were fatally wounded while one James Peter 'm' aged 30 years from Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State was arrested.
3. The arrested member of the gang has since been cooperating with the police in their investigation by providing very valuable information on the membership of the gang and their modus of operation.
4. Weapons recovered from the kidnappers include one General Purpose Machine Gun {GPMG},one AK47 rifle,chains of GPMG ammunition and two fully loaded AK47 magazines.Efforts are in top gear to arrest fleeing members of the gang and recover their cache of arms.
5. Meanwhile,the Inspector General of Police,IGP Ibrahim K. Idris,NPM,mni has once again enjoined Nigerians never to hesitate to provide the police with valuable information and assures them of renewed commitment on the part of the force in the fight against crime and antisocial behaviour.

DCP DON N. Awunah,fsi
Force Public Relations Officer,
Force Headquarters,
Abuja.


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