Fraud

Missouri Man Scammed Love Interests Out of $878K Before Arrest at KCI Airport

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A Missouri con artist scammed lovesick women and men he met on dating sites such as Christian Mingle with stories of sequestered gold, terrible luck and even an imaginary daughter, according to federal authorities. Kansas City resident Ronayerin Ogolor, 49, was part of what the FBI described as a “romance fraud scheme” that cost his […]

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Corruption So Endemic In Africa That Only Generational Shift Can End It, Says US Ambassador

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United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor P. Nagy, says corruption will only end on the African continent when the younger generation is ready to stand against it. Nagy, who spoke with African journalists via a telephone press conference ahead of his visit to the continent, maintained that corruption is so endemic

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Lagos Exam Board ‘Cannot Guarantee Authenticity’ Of Fake Certificate Obtained From SUBEB

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The Lagos State Examination Board has said it cannot guarantee the authenticity of a First School Leaving Certificate obtained from the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). The board’s response to a verification request sent by Civic Media Lab, a non-profit media foundation, came 10 weeks after the request was made. The request was part of

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UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION: Forgery, Bribery, Exam Malpractice Are Booming At Lagos Primary Schools

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The sun was at its scorching best. It was a Saturday, a day when most people were either relaxing at home or attending function. However, parents clustered under a shade beside the black gate of Government College Victoria Island (GoCoVi) in Lagos — their faces a mix of excitement and exhaustion as they received their

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DOCUMENTS: Kemi Adeosun’s fake NYSC certificate and other credentials

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As the world awaits the explanation of Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, over a PREMIUM TIMES exclusive report that she skipped Nigeria’s one-year mandatory national youth service scheme and then forged an exemption certificate, this newspaper has decided to release her entire credentials to the public. We are releasing the documents exactly as she submitted them to President

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Ex-UBS trader who lost £1.4bn faces deportation to Ghana

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Kweku Adoboli, a former trader convicted of fraud in 2012, is facing deportation to Ghana, after being detained by police in Scotland. He served four years of a seven-year sentence for a £1.4bn fraud at Swiss bank UBS. He was released in 2015. Foreign nationals sentenced to more than four years are automatically considered for

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Tips against SIM Swap Scammers as Nigerians Lose Billions

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Some Nigerians using mobile money transfer service have fallen victims to a recent scam involving mysterious swapping of SIM cards. SIM swapping is a sophisticated form of fraud and falls under social engineering. Fraudsters will distribute phishing emails, trying to ascertain as much personal information from victims as possible. After swapping sim cards, fraudsters then

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Nigerian man gets 15 years for IRS tax-return scheme

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Nigerian man who netted more than $11 million in a fraud scheme has been sentenced in Oregon to 15 years in federal prison. Emmanuel Kazeem was sentenced Wednesday in Eugene. A jury previously convicted him of fraud, conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors say the 35-year-old purchased more than 91,000 identities from

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Tanzanian prosecutors charge two telecoms chief executives, 4 others with fraud

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Tanzanian prosecutors on Wednesday charged two chief executives of mobile phone companies and four other suspects with fraud as part of a crackdown against tax evasion in the East African nation. The executives charged were Le Van Dai, 35, managing director of Halotel Tanzania, owned by Vietnam-based telecoms operator Viettel, and Sherif El Barbary, managing

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