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...

FAKE JOURNALIST STEALING AT PARTIES WERE PARADED BY THE NIGERIAN POLICE ON FRIDAY.{PHOTO}.

Image may contain: 5 people, people standing         ARREST OF NOTORIOUS UNSCRUPULOUS SUSPECTS IMPERSONATING AS JOURNALISTS TO GAIN ACCESS INTO VENUES OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE EVENTS TO COMMIT CRIME AND DISPOSSESS UNSUSPECTING VIPs OF HUGE SUMS OF MONEY, FOREIGN CURRENCIES, HANDSETS AND OTHER VALUABLES
SUSPECTS:
i. Musa Auwalu (Gang Leader) ‘M’ 43yrs from Nasarawa LGA of Kano state.
ii. Kolawole Akinbode ‘M’ 50yrs from Ogun Central LGA of Ogun state.
iii. Umar Tahir Abba, ‘M’ 53yrs from LGA Mubi of Adamawa state.
iv. Abdulahi Muhammed ‘M’ 55yrs from Gudunfulani, LGA of Bauchi state.
v. Muhammad sale ‘M’ 60yrs from Ngogo, LGA of Kano state.
EXHIBITS:
i. Thirteen (13) Expensive Phones
ii. Fake Journalist ID Cards from a non existing media houses
iii. The gang leader has built a house in Kano from the huge foreign currencies he stole during a wedding of a Very Important Personality last year in Abuja.
The Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team trailed and arrested the above mentioned suspects after complaints of stolen phones from important personalities who attended a prominent wedding in Abeokuta, Ogun State on the 8th July, 2017.
2. They were arrested in different states of the Federation namely: Ogun, Edo, Abuja and Kano States. The exhibits listed above were recovered from them. The House built in Kano State from the huge foreign currencies the gang leader stole during a wedding of a Very Important Personality last year in Abuja has been identified. The suspects confessed to the crime and admitted to the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the offence.
3. The suspects confessed further that they specialize in impersonating as Journalists in order to gain access into venues of VIPs events/occasions to steal Handsets, Money and defraud high profile persons and unsuspecting members of the public at the venues of events in major cities in the country.
4. Investigation is being intensified to arrest other suspects at large. All suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.
CSP JIMOH O. Moshood
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA
AUGUST 18,2017.
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