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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by 0b10010011: 7:26pm On Apr 15, 2017




Couples must have spent most of there years in te Eastern part of Nigeria cos Westerners re not known to be dubious

Omoluabi ni wa!


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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by ipobarecriminals: 7:28pm On Apr 15, 2017
embarassed lipsrsealed undecided angry sad cool BENSON OGUIJIOFOR. IPOB YWEET
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by Lekan1o1: 7:28pm On Apr 15, 2017
Na my yoruba brothers this time ooh grin.
If na wire fraud na us we claim dat one.
But if na coke we kno right cool
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by Omoluabi16(m): 7:28pm On Apr 15, 2017
AngelicBeing:
Dont get me wrong, we have so many Nigerians doing the country proud in the diaspora but these few egg heads has made other Nigerians laughing stock abroad, we cant deny our country of birth & heritage but it is painful to suffer for what other criminals have done in the name of hustling and making quick money, the Nigerian passport is a big liability, those who are frequent travelers will understand what l am talking about sad
If you see savage comments these foreigners make against nigerians concerning fraud ehn. you could just google 'the nigerian prince'

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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by AngelicBeing: 7:29pm On Apr 15, 2017
Omoluabi16:
If you see savage comments these foreigners make against nigerians concerning fraud ehn. you could just google 'the nigerian prince'
True that, very unfortunate sad
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by RaptorX: 7:30pm On Apr 15, 2017
Americans take it very personal when foreigners steal from them especially black foreigners, they will throw the book at you and give you a vindictive jail sentence. Even murder in some cases does not get a twenty year sentence
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by Nobody: 7:35pm On Apr 15, 2017
hmmm....
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by hucienda: 7:37pm On Apr 15, 2017
who knows when the e-battle will end?
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by chubbygal(f): 7:44pm On Apr 15, 2017
Na dem

Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by Nobody: 7:46pm On Apr 15, 2017
Omoluabi16:
If you see savage comments these foreigners make against nigerians concerning fraud ehn. you could just google 'the nigerian prince'

I googled it and saw Nigeria as "host" country. Laff tire.
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by Omoluabi16(m): 7:52pm On Apr 15, 2017
spaceshipz:


I googled it and saw Nigeria as "host" country. Laff tire.
lol! funny but very humiliating. The memes are even worse. our G boys go dey yarn say them be heir to millions..and need like 20k dollars to access it. Even when Ghanaians and others do it too they label them as Nigerians. Only God can help us.
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by brane: 7:58pm On Apr 15, 2017
There cups runneth over
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by grandstar(m): 7:58pm On Apr 15, 2017
dearsly:
NCAN

NA DEM

Thats not Yoruba. These belong most likely to people up north
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by smoooty11: 8:00pm On Apr 15, 2017
Na dem oooh
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by DavidEsq(m): 8:17pm On Apr 15, 2017
Godprotectigbo5:
na dem yahoo yahoo master
Wey all diz banners dem. Oya, ban dis geh cheesy

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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by TinaAnita(f): 8:18pm On Apr 15, 2017
Partners in love and crime
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by ssogundele(m): 8:19pm On Apr 15, 2017
Pls can somebori summary it for me?

Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by GloriaNinja(f): 8:35pm On Apr 15, 2017
NIGERIANS TARNISHING THEIR OWN IMAGE SINCE 1960.
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by captainteejay(m): 8:55pm On Apr 15, 2017
madridguy:
tongue

IF NA DRUGS WE SABI THE PEOPLE

IF NA HUMAN TRAFFICKING WE KNOW THEM

IF NA BOMBING WE KNOW THE SPECIALIST

COMING TO INTERNET FRAUD ESPECIALLY IN THE US, CANADA AND THE UK, NA OWANBE PEOPLE.

GOD BLESS NIGERIA.
. who re d owanbe people.

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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by Charly68: 9:35pm On Apr 15, 2017
Yeye people spoiling the image of Nigerians may God punish you harder
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by ahahnow: 10:32pm On Apr 15, 2017
we have been disgraced once again. when nigerians travel abroad, they carry their village behavior thre to disgrace us here
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by able20(m): 10:37pm On Apr 15, 2017
raker300:
Afonjas doing what they do best!
Their surname na global Fraud.

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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by Nobody: 10:38pm On Apr 15, 2017
Just checking names...

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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by laoma15(m): 11:40pm On Apr 15, 2017
How can someone in his or her right state of mind will decide to make someone else cry because of money. The long arm of law will always catch up with the bad guys in the US. You can always work hard and make money in a legitimate manner in the US. But if you decide to make a quicky, trust me the law will catch up with you.

Average Nigerian is an intelligent being. Please let's channel our brain into positive achievement. Say no to fraud!

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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by akigbemaru: 11:43pm On Apr 15, 2017
Chascop:
Gbenga Ogundele aka Benson Ogundele, 58, of Laurel, Maryland has been sentenced to 234 months in prison over conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering arising from a scheme to defraud vulnerable victims of millions of dollars.



Ogundele’s wife Moji Popoola , aka Mojisola Oluwakemi Tin Popoola/Moji T. Popoola, 42, also of Laurel, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Both sentences will be followed by three years of supervised release.


United States District Judge, Paul W. Grimm also convicted Ogundele of aggravated identity theft in connection with the scheme.


Judge Grimm, had on March 20, 2017, sentenced Mojisola’s brother Babatunde Emmanuel Popoola , aka Emmanuel Popoola/Tunde Popoola, 34 to 12 years imprisonment on the same charges.


Ogundele and the Popoolas were convicted on November 18, 2016, after a 17-day trial.


Ogundele, Mojisola, and Emmanuel, were, in 2015, indicted by a federal grand jury alongside Mukhtar Danjuma Haruna , a/k/a “Mukhtar Haruna Danjuma” and “Mukky,” of Lagos, Nigeria; Victor Oyewumi Oloyede , 41, of Laurel; Olusegun Charles Ogunseye, aka “Charles O. Ogunseye,” 58, of Laurel; Adeyinka Olubunmi Awolaja , Jr. , aka “Yinka O. Awolaja, Jr.,” 33, formerly of New Carrolltown, Maryland; Olusola Olla , 48, of Brown Summit, North Carolina; and Olufemi Wilfred Williams , aka “Wilfred Olufemi Williams” and “Femi Williams,” 26, of Owings Mills, Maryland.


The judge ordered Ogundele to forfeit $2,195,103.36, Mojisola Popoola to forfeit approximately $165,000 and to pay restitution of $34,100, and Emmanuel to pay restitution of $465,170.76.



According to the evidence presented during their trial, from January 2011 to May 18, 2015, members of the conspiracy searched online dating websites to initiate romantic relationships with elderly male and female individuals. They phoned, e-mailed, texted and used Internet chat messenger services to form romantic relationships with the victims, who lived in Maryland and around the country.




The members of the conspiracy were said to have used a number of false stories and promises to convince the victims to provide money to the conspirators, including fake hospital bills, plane trips to visit the victims, problems with overseas businesses and foreign taxes. The conspirators opened bank accounts in order to receive millions of dollars from the victims.




Numerous deposits from several victims into bank accounts controlled by the defendants, or checks received from the victims, ranging in individual amounts from $1,720 to $30,000 were also discovered.



Members of the conspiracy used false stories and promises to convince the victims to provide money to the conspirators, including fake hospital bills, plane trips to visit the victims, problems with overseas businesses and foreign taxes.



Oloyede, a co-conspirator was sentenced to 234 months in prison.



Awolaja, Ogunseye, and Williams pleaded guilty to the charges against them. Awolaja will be sentenced on June 12, 2017, Ogunseye, on July 25, 2017, and Williams, on July 27, 2017.




https://www.bellanaija.com/2017/04/online-dating-fraud-lands-nigerian-couple-others-hundreds-of-months-in-u-s-jail/







Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by opribo(m): 2:31am On Apr 16, 2017
.....but why at this age, its in their gene, they cant help it when it come to scamming people.

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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by cooltola(m): 3:51am On Apr 16, 2017
. You cannot outsmart the FBI the law is very strong gan especially if you are black period. Please do not ever do g in the US very bad mistake. I consider them lucky
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by October1960: 6:01am On Apr 16, 2017
Just curious why?

Newboss:
Really feel pity for them. embarassed embarassed embarassed embarassed
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by Temptee101(m): 6:14am On Apr 16, 2017
kropotkin2:
Oga leave me out of your bigotry, my comment was meant as a sour joke
You couldn't have let it out as a joke if it wasn't a fact.

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Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by ISTANDWITHBUHAR: 6:34am On Apr 16, 2017
madridguy:
tongue

IF NA DRUGS WE SABI THE PEOPLE

IF NA HUMAN TRAFFICKING WE KNOW THEM

IF NA BOMBING WE KNOW THE SPECIALIST

COMING TO INTERNET FRAUD ESPECIALLY IN THE US, CANADA AND THE UK, NA OWANBE PEOPLE.

GOD BLESS NIGERIA.

You no serious ooo, Na my tribe you abuse like this?
Re: Nigerian Couple Jailed For 234 Months In The US by madridguy(m): 6:45am On Apr 16, 2017
Which tribe you rep bro? grin

ISTANDWITHBUHAR:


You no serious ooo, Na my tribe you abuse like this?

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