A 38-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested for defrauding the American Red Cross by claiming he was a Hurricane Harvey victim. .

Olanrewaju A. Beyioku, was charged, on Thursday, in U.S. District Court with wire fraud on allegations he cashed $3,600 in federal disaster relief vouchers provided by the Red Cross in October 2017. .

The humanitarian organization offered the funds through a one-time cash payment of $400 after Hurricane Harvey struck Houston, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2017.

The victim was provided a reference code, which could be redeemed for cash at Walmart locations. After the program launched in September 2017, the Red Cross received reports nonvictims were claiming the funds.

“The Red Cross has found over 3,300 reference codes that were fraudulently applied for via its website and used to obtain cash payments at Walmart stores,” records state. “The total loss to the Red Cross is over $1.3 million.” .

Walmart security investigators determined 81 fraudulent transactions committed by two individuals at the Walmart in Hammond. The fraud totaled $32,400. .

After an investigation, federal authorities determined 9 of the transaction were conducted by Beyioku. He was identified in a photo array by a clerk at Walmart. Authorities also traced the ill-gotten money back to his bank accounts.

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https://zenithnaija.com/nigerian-man-defrauds-red-cross-by-claiming-to-be-a-hurricane-victim/

Abeg someone should tell me his name, I'm not seeing it

FortifiedCity:
Abeg someone should tell me his name, I'm not seeing it

Me too o, but i can see OLA in d beginning and in Igbo Ola means sth wen go waste, and he is frm d waste(West).

NCAN PRO, pls comfirm ds news

ChopBellefull:


Me too o, but i can see OLA in d beginning and in Igbo Ola means sth wen go waste, and he is frm d waste(West).

NCAN PRO, pls comfirm ds news

OLAREWAJU BERIOKU
An confirmed afonja.

This is wrong.
Crime knows no tribe.
We know he is Yoruba and that most wire-wire fraud cases are done by them.

But it will be wrong to denigrade a whole tribe because of this one who has followed the foot trail of his kinsmen.

He is lucky,
US prisons are like Nigerian 5star hotels.

Y

Naija which way na
How u go scam red cross
The only organization that still values humanity

If they no catch one for India pushing drugs
They will catch one for Malaysia jumping storey building
Or they will catch one for Finland doing love scam
Why is it always naija

Ha
Mo daran

ChopBellefull:


Me too o, but i can see OLA in d beginning and in Igbo Ola means sth wen go waste, and he is frm d waste(West).

NCAN PRO, pls comfirm ds news

you must be proud of yourself

Wetin concern me

when I saw the shape of the head, I used a ruler and noticed that both parts were inclined at 45 degrees making the top somewhat triangular and cone-shaped
I will leave it here....

Not good for Nigeria's Image.

I trust all those bigots to quietly ignore and observe dis thread from afar considering na their ppl... But dey'll b d first in other threads shouting Igbos upandan... U ppl shld come and carry ur broda ooo

He meant hurricane Buhari in his country #hunger
Pls pardon him!

From the WASTE! Name confirmed..... Son of the fallen demon!

Truth be told..
This is very embarrassing!
ALL hollywood movies make refrence to Nigeria when it comes to internet fraud..

We no dey shame??

AFONJA SHOWING THIER PROFFESIONAL WORK

ChopBellefull:


Me too o, but i can see OLA in d beginning and in Igbo Ola means sth wen go waste, and he is frm d waste(West).

NCAN PRO, pls comfirm ds news

Reporting live...your assertion is right

Our data confirms name to be OLAnna...over

Tarnishing our image abroad

Don't know why afonjas are so lazy

Afonja wit flat head

. He's a lost fellow from the south west

Just observing

divinecode101:
Another flat_head pretending to be a Yoruba boy

We will chase you back to your biafrauud yEast republic when you are fine in the prison

Children everywhere

Please ,, what is d Meaning of AFONJA??..









'Ji..Masun'......osha,,prapraprapra..