LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal Office in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), recorded a major breakthrough with the arrest on August 29, 2019 of one Emmanuel Adedeji Oluwatosin, who is on the wanted list of the FBI. The Sokoto Zonal Head, Abdullahi Lawal, who paraded…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER- (NEWSRANGERS) – Ifeanyi Agwuegbo, one of the about 80 American residents of Nigerian origin who were arrested last month by the United States authorities, has been granted bail. Mr Agwuegbo, named as one of the main suspects in a vast business email fraud busted by the F.B.I., appeared in a Texas court on…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Days after the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, vowed to fish out Nigerians indicted in the recent United States wire scam, Saturday Sun has learnt that most of the young men with questionable source of living are currently on the run. While many have gone underground, those with the means have fled…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obinwanne Okeke, Invictus Group CEO, who is popularly known as Invictus Obi, was arrested at the Dulles International Airport, while leaving the United States, TheCable can report. According to information obtained from the US federal court in Virginia, US, Okeke was scheduled to return to Nigeria four days after a complaint was…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chika Odionyenma, one of the persons on FBI’s 77-man list of suspected Nigerian fraudsters, was appointed into the inauguration committee of Emeka Ihedioha, governor of Imo state. There have been reactions since Thursday when the agency disclosed that many Nigerians were under investigation in connection with one of the largest scams in…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the indictment of 80 suspects in what is termed the biggest internet fraud in America, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has spread its dragnet to nine countries for the arrest of another batch of 57 suspects. Nigeria is one of the countries where accomplices in the e-fraud are currently hibernating….
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A romance scam in 2016 between a Japanese woman and a Nigerian who described himself as a US Army Captain stationed in Syria, led the FBI to the record crackdown on 80 Nigerian scammers, published documents revealed. The Nigerian gave himself the name Captain Terry Garcia. After 10 months, the interactions blossomed…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Nigerian entrepreneur, Obinwanne Okeke of conspiracy to commit fraud running into the sum of 12 million US dollars. This was disclosed on an affidavit deposed to by one Marshall Ward, a special agent employed by the United States Department of Justice. According to…