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...

PRESIDENT TINUBU RECEIVES ICPC'S REPORT ON FAKE AGENCY. (PHOTO).


 PRESIDENT TINUBU RECEIVES ICPC'S REPORT ON FAKE AGENCY


The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission,  ICPC says it has established that the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council is a fake agency and that the one Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew was never appointed by the federal government.


The ICPC chairman, Musa Adamu Aliyu submitted the interim report of the commission’s investigation to President Bola Tinubu in the state house this Thursday.


The ICPC boss also confirmed that the self-acclaimed DG also established two other fictitious agencies to support the activities of the fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council while it discovered that some public officers across some ministries, departments and agencies failed to do due diligence, which assisted the illegal activities of the council.

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