FBI places $10,000 bounty on Nigerian wanted for bank fraud

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Nigerian, Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, wanted in the United States for multiple fraud offences. According to a statement on the FBI’s website on Wednesday, Adediran faces charges of bank fraud, identity document fraud and credit card […]

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FBI arrests Nigerian ‘tech queen’ for alleged multi-million Dollar fraud

Nigerian tech enthusiast, Sapphire Egemasi, is facing potential prison sentence of over 20 years in the United States following her arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). She was arrested in connection with an alleged large-scale fraud scheme that targeted multiple US government agencies. A programmer, Egemasi, who operates a Devpost account, was arrested […]

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Crypto scams caused Americans $6bn loss in 2024 ―United States FBI

United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that investment scams involving cryptocurrency led to a huge loss of $5.8 billion in 2024. Report by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC), says total losses from internet crimes in 2024 reached $16.6 billion. This shows a sharp rise of 33% from the previous year. […]

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US court orders FBI, DEA to release Tinubu’s investigation records

United States District Court sitting in Columbia has ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release records relating to the criminal investigation of President Bola Tinubu over alleged drug trafficking. Judge Beryl Howell, in a ruling dated April 8, which can be found on the court’s website, directed […]

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Nigerian man wanted by FBI for alleged $6m fraud extradited to the US, appears in US court

37-year-old Nigerian man, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, has been extradited to the District of Nebraska in the United States on a charge of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud filed in 2019. Kayode, who is accused of being part of a $6 million business email compromise (BEC) scheme between 2015 and 2016, was on the FBI’s Most […]

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FBI arrests newly elected Anambra LG chairman over $3.3m romance scam

An investigation has commenced into the alleged $3.3m romance fraud case involving the newly elected chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra state in Nigeria, Franklin Nwadialo, in the United States. The Anambra council chairman was recently arrested in Texas by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for allegedly running a $3.3m romance scam. […]

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FBI arrests Nigerian tech entrepreneur, Kingsley Inegbedion, for alleged $1.5m fraud

United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested and charged a Nigerian tech entrepreneur, Kingsley Inegbedion, for his alleged involvement in $1.5m romance scams and business email compromise schemes that witnessed him and an accomplice, Efemena Igbe, who is still at large, posing as legitimate business owners to defraud American citizens between April 2020 […]

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Tinubu moves to stop FBI, CIA, other U.S. agencies from releasing his files to public

President Bola Tinubu is in yet another scramble to block records relating to him from being disclosed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other United States agencies. Peoples Gazette reports that Mr Tinubu’s lawyers in the U.S. have filed motions to appear in an ongoing freedom of information […]

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FBI, CIA, DEA, others reportedly announce to release volume of documents on Bola Tinubu from October 2023

United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of State have reportedly announced plans to start turning over documents relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in their databases. Peoples Gazette reports that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have also stipulated readiness to turn over thousands of pages of Tinubu-related […]

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American Jeffrey Guterman writes FBI to release Tinubu’s $460,000 forfeiture file

A retired American mental health counsellor in the US, Jeffrey Guterman, has written a petition to the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, FBI requesting it to release its file on Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Taking to his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, the ex-American mental health counsellor disclosed that he had filed an expedited request because of Tinubu’s reported drug trafficking. According to him, Tinubu’s reported drug […]

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DCP Abba Kyari and FBI: A Reform Opportunity, By Osita Chidoka

A few weeks ago, the news media was awash with stories about the issue of the FBI report on DCP Abba Kyari. Subsequently, the Police high command suspended the Deputy Commissioner of Police and instituted an investigation panel headed by a Deputy Inspector General of Police. The Special Investigation Panel submitted their report on August […]

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FBI, INTERPOL, EFCC, others should target Nigerian ‘Yahoo politicians’ –Former APC chief

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), comrade Timi Frank has called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and INTERPOL to prevail on the anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria to clampdown on politicians he described as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ currently in the present administration. The activist who was reacting to a long […]

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