LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-BENJAMIN SAMSON in this report examines how several Nigerian youths are trafficked to Ghana and are forced into internet fraud and the trend which has already spread to other West African countries can be halted. The Ghanaian government recently handed over 231 Nigerian youths rescued from an alleged human trafficking and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States District Court for the Central District of California has postponed the sentencing of Ramon “Hushpuppi” Abbas till July 11, 2022. Court document seen by Peoples Gazette said Judge Otis D. Wright in Los Angeles granted the order after Hushpuppi’s lawyers led by Louis Shapiro entered a request for postponement….
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has reacted to a United States court papers indicting him over his alleged link to internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas Olarewaju aka Hushpuppi, who is standing trial in the United States. US court papers said Kyari arrested a member of Hushpuppi’s gang on his orders after they…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday opened evidence in the trial of a seven-member syndicate that allegedly defrauded customers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) of N900 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case is before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerians identified as Nosayamen Iyalekhue and Esogie Osawaru have pleaded guilty to defrauding victims using various internet frauds during the COVID-19 pandemic. While Osawaru pleaded guilty on November 12, Iyalekhue, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Thursday. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Rya W. Zobel in Boston,…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has warned internet fraudsters to desist from using his name, pictures or any representation of his person and brand, to defraud unsuspecting individuals on the internet. In a statement on Sunday signed by Obi’s Special Adviser, Barr Valentine Obienyem, Obi warned…
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…