2021

Obinwanne Okeke “InvictusObi” Pleads Guilty To ₦4.2 Billion Fraud

Obinwanne Okeke, the Nigerian businessman owner of Invictus Group who was arrested in the United States last year, has pleaded guilty to $11 million (N4.2 billion) fraud. Mr Okeke, 32, admitted to American prosecutors that he was involved in computer-based fraud between 2015 and 2019. Joshua Stueve, a spokesperson for the United States District Court

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2 Nigerians Impersonate Bruno Mars, Scam A 63-Year-Old Texas Woman (Pix)

*Chinwendu Azuonwu, 39, appeared in a Houston court on Tuesday after he and Basil Amadi, 29, were charged with money laundering *According to Harris County prosecutors, the two men scammed a 63-year-old woman out of $100,000 after tricking her into believing they were Bruno Mars Nigerians scammed a Texas woman, 63, who believed she was dating

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CBN Investigates Cryptocurrency Companies’ Bank Accounts For Fraud

•Insists restrictions to safeguard Nigerians, financial system •Lists inherent risks •To block accounts with suspicious transactions •BDC operators, groups back Emefiele on transactions’ ban Obinna Chima in Lagos and Udora Orizu in AbujaThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has opened investigations into bank accounts of companies involved in the trading of cryptocurrencies with the intention

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Cryptocurrency ban: All Exchange Mediums Are Subject To Fraud & Criminality- Moghalu

Cryptocurrency Ban: Every Medium Of Exchange Is Subject To Fraud And Criminality – Moghalu  Former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu has criticized the apex bank’s reason for stopping cryptocurrency transactions in the country, IgbereTV reports. CBN had in a statement released on Sunday February 7, said it banned cryptocurrency

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A suspect traveling from Benin to Abuja, arrested with five pistols and live ammunitions in a Toyota Tacuma at Oguda Bridge, along Okene-Auchi Road, WonderTV media reports. WonderTv media learnt that the suspect was traveling to Abuja from Benin in a Toyota Tacoma when he was intercepted by the police. The police officers found five

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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a suspected fraudster identified as Emeka Akuma, who bought a Lexus 330 Salon car with fake bank alert at Festac town in Lagos state and escaped with the vehicle to Uyo, IgbereTV reports. Spokesperson of the command, SP Odiko MacDon, who disclosed this in a statement on

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