NIGERIAN MAKES U.S MOST WANTED LIST OVER $1M FRAUD. (PHOTO).
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...
Century Power Limited,a subsidiary of Obijackon Group,owner of Nestoil Limited,pplans to start the construction of a-2000megawatts {Mw} thermal power plant in Anambra State,it was learnt.The power plant,hich will be sited at Okija in Anambra State,has been structured in such a way that the first phase,which will give an output of 465Mw and will commence operation in 2018.Its Assistant General Manager {AGM},Group Business Development,Mr Simeon Tor-Agbidye,told news men that the firm iss tidying up arrangement for gas pipeline also known as the Obiafu/Obrikom-Oben {OB3} gas pipeline.The gas will be taken from the eastern part of the pipeline.He also noted that a subsidiary of the Obijackson Group-Energy Works Technology Limited,is fabricating part of the topside facilities off Total's Egina floating production,storage and offloading {FPSO} vessel.He said: ''A feww weeks ago,we had a sail off for the Oil Loading Terminal {OLT} piles for the project.We sailed them off to South Korea where they will be integrated on the FPSO.We have finished that.We are at the final stages of completing K2s pipeline for Shell Petroleum Development Company {SPDC}.The project is an engineering,procurement and Construction {EPC} contact for the 40km x 20 inches export pipeline to re-route Kolo Creek gas to Soku Gas Plant.We are also progressing ssmoothly with the OB3 Pipeline.Obiafu/Obrikom-Oben is an EPC contract for the 64.5km x 48 inches gas pipeline project.We will soon complete that too.He explained that the scope of OB3 was actually split between Nestoil and Oilserv,'' he said.
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