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  • Two Nigerian fraudsters have been arraigned in a court in America.

  • The duo were paraded before the court, and convicted for the crime of fraud, particularly, romance scam.

  • The duo, alongside other accomplices were said to have scammed the victim of over $500k

The American government has once again shown it doesn’t condone illegal activities, as two Nigerians are facing a heavy sentence in the country.

The duo, identified as Olutayo Sunday Ogunlaja, 39, and Abel Adeyi Daramola, 37, were said to have connived with another accomplice, as they set up a dating profile on a popular dating profile.

2 US-based 'Yahoo Boys' Face 40-year Jail Term For Fraud
2 Internet fraudsters face 40 years imprisonment in America

Using a fake identity, “Glenn Brown”, they orchestrated a romance scam, where $560,000 was obtained from their victim.

According to a statement obtained by PUNCH Metro from the the US Attorney, Alexander Uballez and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, the duo are to face 20 year each in the US prison.

 

The statement reads;

Throughout the fraud, the victim was led to believe that their financial assistance was necessary for ‘Glenn Brown’ to complete a purported construction project in Malaysia and return safely to the United States.

 

The victim sent approximately $560,000 to various accounts in the United States, Canada, and Malaysia between January 2016 and April 2017.

“On September 27, 2016, the victim wired approximately $28,000 to a Woodforest Bank account in the name of Daramola Cars, as instructed by the fraudulent “Glenn Brown” persona. Daramola subsequently wired $18,000 to a seafood importer in Denmark and issued a check (cheque) for $14,000.”

 

Daramola however denied involvement in the scam, but upon interrogations, it was discovered that he specializes in providing bank accounts used to perpetrate the scams.

 

Onuma Osita: Police Arrest Hacker Who Stole N1.1 Billion From Enugu Govt

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a notorious hacker, Onuma Osita, who infiltrated the financial system of the Enugu State government and stole N1,097,700,300.

The arrest was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Nigeria Police Force-National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC), which launched a detailed investigation into the cyber theft.

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