AFTER a short stay in the United States, a Nigerian youth has emerged as one of the country's most wanted men, sharing the same poster with America's enemy number one, Osama bin Laden, on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's website.

President George W. Bush, who is battling with his country's economic crisis that has sent shock waves around the world, has ordered security agents to track down the 29-year old Nigerian, Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara “at all cost”.

Bush gave the order following a discovery that Onwuhara, within three years, had stolen over $44 million, (about N5.28billion), from American citizens and financial institutions, including a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeal, who was recently appointed by the president.

The judge was once a Chief of Staff to the late American Senator, Strom Thurmond, who defected from the Democratic party to the Republican and made history then as the longest-serving and oldest senator in US history. By the time he was 100 years, he had served 48 years as a lawmaker.
To underscore the importance of the fugitive and the threat he is posing to the American economy, the FBI placed his picture under that of bin Laden, on the agency's identification orders posted on the internet.

According to the FBI, Onwuhara and some of his Nigerian partners have used online internet databases to steal victims' identities to the tune of $44 million.

FBI sources said that Onwuhara hacked into his victims' personal information through a database, in a bid to access their Home Equity Line of Credit accounts. Once inside, he would wire the money to accounts mainly located overseas, but some inside the US.

The suspect has been accused of causing tens of millions of dollars in losses to banks and home-owners.

Onwuhara was described by the agents as ‘a very smart and crafty fraudster’, who had painstakingly perfected the scam, after lots of research, followed by several tests.

Also described as 'The Consummate Con-man' with a seemingly-bottomless bag of tricks, Onwuhara was found to have been spending his money on wine, women and songs.

Among his traits and habits noted by the FBI are: gambling at the casino, flashing money, driving luxury cars and hanging out at strip clubs.
Investigators believe that Onwuhara first entered the US in 1999 or 2000 on a student visa.

A statement signed by FBI Director, Robert S. Mueller, reads in part: “Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara, a convicted felon is wanted for his alleged involvement in an elaborate scheme that defrauded the financial industry out of tens of millions of dollars.

“Onwuhara is a key member of a group of Nigerians, which allegedly has been conducting fraudulent banking activities from Florida and Texas, since 2005. It is alleged that the group has been using on-line Internet databases to steal victims' identities. Once acquired, they allegedly use the victims' information to gain access to the victims' Home Equity Line of Credit accounts and wire transfer the money to accounts mainly located overseas, some in the United States.
“Some of Onwuhara's alleged coconspirators have been arrested, inside and outside of the UnitedStates. However, Onwuhara remains at large. Onwuhara was charged federally with conspiracyto commit bank fraud, and a federal warrant was issued for his arrest by the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, on August 1, 2008.”The statement carries a caution, boldly printed in red ink: 'Should be considered an escape risk.'

The FBI pleaded that those who have information concerning the case should contact the local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.

Investigators said Onwuhara had once moved from Seattle in Washington, where he lived for a short time, then Houston in Texas. Later, he was found to have set up homes in Miami and Dallas.
The Miami home costs $600,000, and the Dallas base was described as a playground, where he lived the life of a multi-millionaire playboy and businessman, renting a condo for $4,000 a month.

Although agents describe Onwuhara as a quiet guy, they say he craved the spotlight and let his money do his talking for him.

Dennis Michael Wagner, who works with the ‘American Most Wanted’, reveals that Onwuhara loves "making it rain". He usually throws fistfuls of cash up in the air, at one of his favourite spots, a local strip club. They say he could easily drop $50,000.

According to Wagner, Onwuhara's desires didn't stop with cash and women. Investigators say he loves luxury cars. He has a Maserati, a Bentley, a Rolls-Royce Phantom and he had been working as a car salesman to indulge his passion.

Once in his possession, agents say Onwuhara would ship the cars to Nigeria to be sold.

According to them, he was so confident in his skills and scams that he never believed they could be traced directly back to him.

The only paper trail Onwuhara left behind led directly back to close associates. Discreet investigations later unravelled his alleged scams in precise detail.
With the money he generated from his illegal activities, they say Onwuhara started his own hip-hop label, called S.W.A.T. Up Entertainment. He even signed two artists to the label.

It was gathered that Onwuhara owned a recording studio at one point.

Investigators have now spread their dragnet across Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, New Jersey and Canada, looking for the suspect with the security label: W054871136. They gave his height as 5' 10”; his weight is put at 185 pounds and he uses aliases including “T”, “Tobe”, “Xavier” and “Enyinna”.

Onwuhara's poster says he has access to fake driver's licences and passports and millions of dollars in overseas accounts.

Onwuhara's kinsmen in Nigeria spell the name as Onwughara, meaning “Death left this”; and the other name Tobechi means “Keep praising God,” while Enyinna means “Darling of the Father.”

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/cyber/onwuhara_te.htm


a young man like him spoiling the image of our country should be weeded out from his hide out to face the wrath of law

i am sick and tired of all this bloody fraudsters milking off innocent people and creating a bad image for Nigeria

may all fraudsters and scammers never know peace forever!

Disgrace!

The whole financial world is fraudulent,that does not make any one of them good.Every body seems to owe every body,money belongs to nobody,it is for those that put their names and values to it,it is like a rolling stone.

this guy's story will make a good sell in Hollywood!
its better than oceans 11 12 etc and catch me if you can put together!
the guy's damn smart,
but i don't support it.

This is not a small crime, only great con men can do this, he couldnt have done all without top shot united state citizens knowing about it.

please Hollywood, make a movie out of this!!!

or maybe a nollywood movie tagged " Ibo boy in America with student visa and dangerous instincts"

Hollywood can't be bothered,he is a blackman,an african one for that matter,he is not the likes of butch cassidy,billie the kid,bonnie and clyde,rogue trader,even jack the reaper,celebrated almost like smart murderous heroes

Hollywood is part of the propaganda.The top most things that brings disgrace and contempts to nigeria are the leadership and conniving corporate giants fronting babylon.

or just dangerous instinct

blacksta:

or maybe a nollywood movie tagged " Ibo boy in America with student visa and dangerous instincts"

corruption is actually not a nigerian thing alone, its far worse younder. when dog bites man its normal but when man starts biting dog it becomes an issue. i totally condemn 419 in its entirety and will never have anything to do with it but greedy adventorous people should also be warned. once greedy alway a victim of 419

Agboola1:

corruption is actually not a nigerian thing alone, its far worse younder. when dog bites man its normal but when man starts biting dog it becomes an issue. i totally condemn 419 in its entirety and will never have anything to do with it but greedy adventorous people should also be warned. once greedy alway a victim of 419

Stupidity such as yours can be lethal. Didn u read the article where it was clearly stated

Agboola1:

.It is alleged that the group has been using on-line Internet databases to steal victims' identities. Once acquired, they allegedly use the victims' information to gain access to the victims' Home Equity Line of Credit accounts and wire transfer the money to accounts mainly located overseas, some in the United States.

that he got his money through identity theft, hacking into people's accounts?

I can wire an old copy of Brighter Grammar to you to improve your understanding of the English language.

This guy is smart he cud have invested it into something legal and honest and still make it in life.

.

The dude shuld have signed Olu Maintain & Kelly Handsome to his label.

Cos they r basically singing about a life he lives.

Sorry 4 anybody seeking US student Visa, cos e don be.

Why must we as Nigerians continually be stained by just a few "bad apples"?

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AFTER a short stay in the United States, a Nigerian youth has emerged as one of the country's most wanted men, sharing the same poster with America's enemy number one, Osama bin Laden, on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's website.

President George W. Bush, who is battling with his country's economic crisis that has sent shock waves around the world, has ordered security agents to track down the 29-year old Nigerian, Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara “at all cost”.

Bush gave the order following a discovery that Onwuhara, within three years, had stolen over $44 million, (about N5.28billion), from American citizens and financial institutions, including a judge of the US. Court of Appeal, who was recently appointed by the president.

The judge was once a Chief of Staff to the late American Senator, Strom Thurmond, who defected from the Democratic party to the Republican and made history then as the longest-serving and oldest senator in US history. By the time he was 100 years, he had served 48 years as a lawmaker.
To underscore the importance of the fugitive and the threat he is posing to the American economy, the FBI placed his picture under that of bin Laden, on the agency's identification orders posted on the internet.

According to the FBI, Onwuhara and some of his Nigerian partners have used online internet databases to steal victims' identities to the tune of $44 million.

FBI sources said that Onwuhara hacked into his victims' personal information through a database, in a bid to access their Home Equity Line of Credit accounts. Once inside, he would wire the money to accounts mainly located overseas, but some inside the US.

The suspect has been accused of causing tens of millions of dollars in losses to banks and home-owners.

Onwuhara was described by the agents as ‘a very smart and crafty fraudster’, who had painstakingly perfected the scam, after lots of research, followed by several tests.

Also described as 'The Consummate Con-man' with a seemingly-bottomless bag of tricks, Onwuhara was found to have been spending his money on wine, women and songs.

Among his traits and habits noted by the FBI are: gambling at the casino, flashing money, driving luxury cars and hanging out at strip clubs.
Investigators believe that Onwuhara first entered the US in 1999 or 2000 on a student visa.

A statement signed by FBI Director, Robert S. Mueller, reads in part: “Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara, a convicted felon is wanted for his alleged involvement in an elaborate scheme that defrauded the financial industry out of tens of millions of dollars.

“Onwuhara is a key member of a group of Nigerians, which allegedly has been conducting fraudulent banking activities from Florida and Texas, since 2005. It is alleged that the group has been using on-line Internet databases to steal victims' identities. Once acquired, they allegedly use the victims' information to gain access to the victims' Home Equity Line of Credit accounts and wire transfer the money to accounts mainly located overseas, some in the United States.
“Some of Onwuhara's alleged coconspirators have been arrested, inside and outside of the UnitedStates. However, Onwuhara remains at large. Onwuhara was charged federally with conspiracyto commit bank fraud, and a federal warrant was issued for his arrest by the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, on August 1, 2008.”The statement carries a caution, boldly printed in red ink: 'Should be considered an escape risk.'

The FBI pleaded that those who have information concerning the case should contact the local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.

Investigators said Onwuhara had once moved from Seattle in Washington, where he lived for a short time, then Houston in Texas. Later, he was found to have set up homes in Miami and Dallas.
The Miami home costs $600,000, and the Dallas base was described as a playground, where he lived the life of a multi-millionaire playboy and businessman, renting a condo for $4,000 a month.

Although agents describe Onwuhara as a quiet guy, they say he craved the spotlight and let his money do his talking for him.

Dennis Michael Wagner, who works with the ‘American Most Wanted’, reveals that Onwuhara loves "making it rain". He usually throws fistfuls of cash up in the air, at one of his favourite spots, a local strip club. They say he could easily drop $50,000.

According to Wagner, Onwuhara's desires didn't stop with cash and women. Investigators say he loves luxury cars. He has a Maserati, a Bentley, a Rolls-Royce Phantom and he had been working as a car salesman to indulge his passion.

Once in his possession, agents say Onwuhara would ship the cars to Nigeria to be sold.

According to them, he was so confident in his skills and scams that he never believed they could be traced directly back to him.

The only paper trail Onwuhara left behind led directly back to close associates. Discreet investigations later unravelled his alleged scams in precise detail.
With the money he generated from his illegal activities, they say Onwuhara started his own hip-hop label, called S.W.A.T. Up Entertainment. He even signed two artists to the label.

It was gathered that Onwuhara owned a recording studio at one point.

Investigators have now spread their dragnet across Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, New Jersey and Canada, looking for the suspect with the security label: W054871136. They gave his height as 5' 10”; his weight is put at 185 pounds and he uses aliases including “T”, “Tobe”, “Xavier” and “Enyinna”.

Onwuhara's poster says he has access to fake driver's licences and passports and millions of dollars in overseas accounts.

Onwuhara's kinsmen in Nigeria spell the name as Onwughara, meaning “Death left this”; and the other name Tobechi means “Keep praising God,” while Enyinna means “Darling of the Father.”

:othe way these yahooze and 419 guys are going these days they can cripple a nation's economy.

texazzpete:

I can wire an old copy of Brighter Grammar to you to improve your understanding of the English language.

Brighter Grammar? So that was what you used to learn english, and u dey form? I sorry you.

get your hustle on.

as for you redsun - the frank lucas character in american gangster was a black man, an hollywood movie has been made about bumpy johnson too. relax with your racial theories.

ifyalways:

This guy is smart he cud have invested it into something legal and honest and still make it in life.

invested what? his stolen loot? still doesnt make it legal does it?

chei getting a job or even visa just gets harder!!!

How useless can this disgrace called Onwuhara or whatever be,he would be caught one day.

blacksta:

or maybe a nollywood movie tagged " Ibo boy in America with student visa and dangerous instincts"

O yeah? I can see he is no longer a nigerian, but "Ibo" boy as you put it. Any way, does the tribe you come fom even know what is money.

QuotaSyste:

O yeah? I can see he is no longer a nigerian, but "Ibo" boy as you put it. Any way, does the tribe you come fom even know what is money.

He is a Nigerian, did you not see his nationality?

Hahaha and the thief James Watson claimed black people are not smart.

Well here is intelligence at its finest. What people have to realize that some of the most intelligent people on earth tend to fuel the intelligence and energy to what might be considered a crime. Yes what he did is a crime and a brilliant one at that but. . . Yes there is a but because colonizing other people's country is also a crime but not one punishable by a jail sentence.

On a tangent to hollywoodizing this, it won't and if it is the main character will not be African. The movie about college kids that scammed a casino big time actually happened with some Asian kids but the roles were played by white. So the person trying to say there is no racism involved should probably open his or her eyes (also Angelina Jolie played an Arabic woman who her husband was married) hmm.

Also the comment about Igbo, funny to Nairalanders he is Igbo now but to Americans he is still Nigerian too bad!!

His intelligence still amazes me. Probably why he got a student visa. He is smart as hell. That is intelligence, he probably couldn't make it with other things so he turned to what works.

savanaha:

His intelligence still amazes me. Probably why he got a student visa. He is smart as hell. That is intelligence, he probably couldn't make it with other things so he turned to what works.

That amazing intelligence will no doubt be a great virtue for this man when fellow prisoners gang rape him in the federal pen while he serves that 10 to 20 with hard labor, down there where the sun don't shine.

Let us all bow in awestruck reverence for our Nigerian Einstein as he gets hauled off to his new penthouse in leg irons.

savanaha:

Hahaha and the thief James Watson claimed black people are not smart.

Well here is intelligence at its finest. What people have to realize that some of the most intelligent people on earth tend to fuel the intelligence and energy to what might be considered a crime. Yes what he did is a crime and a brilliant one at that but. . . Yes there is a but because colonizing other people's country is also a crime but not one punishable by a jail sentence.

On a tangent to hollywoodizing this, it won't and if it is the main character will not be African. The movie about college kids that scammed a casino big time actually happened with some Asian kids but the roles were played by white. So the person trying to say there is no racism involved should probably open his or her eyes (also Angelina Jolie played an Arabic woman who her husband was married) hmm.

Also the comment about Igbo, funny to Nairalanders he is Igbo now but to Americans he is still Nigerian too bad!!

His intelligence still amazes me. Probably why he got a student visa. He is smart as hell. That is intelligence, he probably couldn't make it with other things so he turned to what works.

If this bugger was so 'intelligent' then they wouldn't have been on to his a$$ now. Real intelligent criminals don't get caught or they usually only get caught after years upon years of crime after having spent their young years enjoying a lavish lifestyle. This idiot only entered the US in 2000 and yet he is already the most wanted man in America. He should just turn himself in and be prepared to spend at least 60 years in prison without parole playing wifey to big Bubba and em. lol! It is either that or wait for the trigger happy FBI to catch up with him and shoot him dead; The FBI in turn will claim that they had no other option because he was trying to run away.

texazzpete:

Stupidity such as yours can be lethal. Didn u read the article where it was clearly stated that he got his money through identity theft, hacking into people's accounts?

I can wire an old copy of Brighter Grammar to you to improve your understanding of the English language.

Calm down. No need to be abusive over that. you can point out his mistake without insulting him

You cant make sense of American judicial system.Tobechuku is looking conservatively at 100yrs imprisonment (People have been jailed for 600yrs in America for stealing much less). Yet murderers will get 8yrs in some states.

2ndly I feel sorry for the boy because much sooner than later, he is going to be caught. He has a loud mouth and his 10mins of (inglorious) fame will be history.

I dey gbadu dis guy he style.

Jakumo:

That amazing intelligence will no doubt be a great virtue for this man when fellow prisoners gang rape him in the federal pen while he serves that 10 to 20 with hard labor, down there where the sun don't shine.

Let us all bow in awestruck reverence for our Nigerian Einstein as he gets hauled off to his new penthouse in leg irons.

No matter how cynical we want to be it is no doubt intelligence. $44 Million U.S dollars and some was stolen from a Federal judge. Hahaha, baffles me when people claim blacks are not intelligent. Am sorry if am not on the lynch mob, yes I know what he did is evil but so was what happened when Emmitt Till's life. There have been other horrible things that have happened to people that does not make front news. I just have to laugh

EloSela:


If this bugger was so 'intelligent' then they wouldn't have been on to his a$$ now. Real intelligent criminals don't get caught or they usually only get caught after years upon years of crime after having spent their young years enjoying a lavish lifestyle. This idiot only entered the US in 2000 and yet he is already the most wanted man in America. He should just turn himself in and be prepared to spend at least 60 years in prison without parole playing wifey to big Bubba and em. lol! It is either that or wait for the trigger happy FBI to catch up with him and shoot him dead; The FBI in turn will claim that they had no other option because he was trying to run away.

O.K if 8 yrs of stealling $44 million is not enough then try and do better. Do you think America is backwards Nigeria where people steal in broad daylight and are left to walk around. He served the same criminal term as Obasanjo, stole as much (if OB didn't steal more) and the hunt is out for him cause he is in the U.S while the EFCC is pretended to not know OB is a living crook, HAh. He is supposedly not intelligent yet he has not been caught. Realize they have a man haunt for him. He is on the wanted list just under Bin Ladin (who they don't want to catch). Now the advice you give is questionable. He should turn himself in and be raped in prison rather than go down by firing squad. He might take the latter, but who knows. This whole thing just cracks me up!!!

The FBI simply havent got a clue,

absolutely disgraceful

If he was smart, he should have run to CUBA before they found out and then changed his identity. If he is still in the US. he will definately get caught. Juju no fit last for this kind thing.