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Nigerians Seek To Stop The South African Government From Extraditing Them To US by KLEINBASS: 9:21am On May 27, 2015 |
The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria will hear an application in which eight Nigerians nabbed for a “sweetheart” cyber scam seek to stop the South African government from extraditing them to stand trial in the US. The matter was on the roll on Tuesday ‚ but Judge Elizabeth Kabushi postponed the matter for the preparations of heads of argument by the state and the applicants. Last week Thursday‚ Judge Kabushi granted an interim order stopping the extradition of the eight. The judge also ordered “the state to immediately take necessary steps to have” Seson Olimede Farin and Femi Alexandra Mewase - who had already been extradited - returned to SA pending the finalisation of the matter. The Nigerians‚ along with a South African woman‚ were nabbed by the Hawks in April last year in raids conducted in Sunnyside‚ Pretoria. Several other alleged syndicate members were also arrested in the same operation in Canada and the US. The two-year investigation began after agents from US Homeland Security Investigations were tipped off by a Mississippi woman about a suspicious parcel she had received from Pretoria. The Mississippi woman had nearly fallen victim to the "sweetheart" scam. The woman approached the US authorities after she had been told to ship the contents of the parcel back to the address in Pretoria. The investigation revealed that the merchandise was packaged using stolen personal identity information and fraudulent credit card information from a US citizen. Hundreds of US citizens are believed to have fallen victim to the scam. According to the Hawks‚ the syndicate has operated for years ‚ purchasing shipping labels from the US Postal Service and courier companies using fraudulent credit card information and stolen identities. Once the stolen merchandise reached South Africa‚ the suspects advertised it for sale on the internet. The accused's lawyer‚ Thesigan Pillay‚ argued in court papers that the magistrate who granted the extradition acted unconstitutionally and unlawfully. He also contended that there has been a diplomatic failure in terms of co-operation between SA and Nigeria and the only SA accused was given preferential treatment. – RDM News Wire, The Times |
Re: Nigerians Seek To Stop The South African Government From Extraditing Them To US by KLEINBASS: 9:22am On May 27, 2015 |
http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2015/05/27/Nigerian-‘sweetheart-scam-syndicate’-fight-extradition-to-face-music-in-US |
Re: Nigerians Seek To Stop The South African Government From Extraditing Them To US by ruffcoin99(m): 2:41am On May 28, 2015 |
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Re: Nigerians Seek To Stop The South African Government From Extraditing Them To US by oduastates: 4:13am On May 28, 2015 |
Free visa to America at last. ..........only that they might end up having to be someone else's biiitch in prison. |
Re: Nigerians Seek To Stop The South African Government From Extraditing Them To US by coolzeal(m): 4:25am On May 28, 2015 |
The greatest scam in the world is destroying a country for the benefits of oil or better still, the global economy recession or meltdown that tripped the USA debt and millions lost their life savings. Such fraudulent financial institutions are AIG, Lehman brothers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac etc. With their CEOs given huge bonuses. The South African and Nigerian goverment need to get their act together. We need each other. |
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