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...

MOROCCO RELEASES DISSIDENT JOURNALIST ALI LMRABET. (PHOTO).


 Morocco releases dissident journalist Ali Lmrabet


A Moroccan prosecutor said on Wednesday he had ordered the release of ​veteran journalist and political commentator Ali Lmrabet ‌after questioning him, although an investigation continues following allegations of defamation and libel.


Lmrabet, 66, who holds ​French nationality and lives in Spain, ​was arrested on Sunday on arrival at ⁠Tangier airport. He is a political commentator ​on social media and has been an ​outspoken critic of Morocco's political system for decades.


"The appropriate legal consequences will be determined once the investigation is ​completed," the prosecutor's office in Casablanca ​said in a statement, Reuters reported.


In an earlier statement, the prosecutor's ‌office ⁠said Lmrabet's arrest was on the basis of several notices issued against him over online content suspected of constituting criminal offences under ​Moroccan law, ​including alleged ⁠defamation and libel targeting individuals and institutions.


In 2003, Lmrabet was jailed ​after being convicted on charges that ​included ⁠offending King Mohammed VI. In 2005, a Moroccan court banned him from practising journalism in ⁠Morocco ​for 10 years.


Since then, Lmrabet ​has remained active as a political commentator on social ​media.

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