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...

POLICE ARREST ONE TRAFFIC ROBBER, TWO VANDALS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.



POLICE ARREST ONE TRAFFIC ROBBER, TWO VANDALS


Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a suspected traffic robber in Ketu on May 29, 2024, and also apprehended two suspected vandals in Alausa Business District, Ikeja on May 26, 2024.
The traffic robbery suspect, Hakeem Badamosi 'm' aged 29, an ex-convict, was arrested while attempting to dispossess a passerby of his mobile phone. Badamosi, who was armed with a machete and charms, tried to flee upon seeing the officers but was promptly rounded up with the assistance of eyewitnesses.

In a separate incident, two suspected vandals, Jeremiah Odika 'm' aged 20 and Aaron Gabbis 'm' aged 19, were arrested in the Alausa Business District, Ikeja in the act of removing a road signpost Exhibits recovered from the suspects include a machete, charms, and the stolen signpost.

All suspects have been charged to court.

SP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, anipr, mipra 
Police Public Relations Officer
Lagos State Command
Ikeja. 

May 30, 2024.

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