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US Jails Nigeria’s Olanrewaju Animasaun For $1million Wire Fraud by GuntersChain(m): 10:17am On Jul 11, 2017
A Nigerian, Fawaz Olanrewaju Animasaun will spend the next
two years in jail in the United States for defrauding East Texans
and others of nearly $1m.
Twenty-seven-year-old Animasaun is one of the two persons named in a federal indictment for charges of aggravated identity
theft and conspiracy to commit bank fraud, as well as aiding and
abetting. He was travelling to the U.S. from Ghana, by way of
Amsterdam, when he was arrested at the airport in New York in November last year.
Just a few weeks later, the 7-foot-1-inch tall Nigerian was an
inmate at the Gregg County Jail awaiting his turn in a federal
courtroom. Under a plea agreement finalised in May, Animasaun is serving
three years in prison on the conspiracy charge. He is ordered to pay $930,737.60 in restitution to three financial companies.
Court documents show Animasaun will pay $135,989 to East
Texas-based Austin Bank as part of that restitution. In addition, the agreement states that Northern Trust Company is due $46,800 and UMB Financial Corporation is due $747,948.60. Animasaun and his alleged accomplice Idowu Temitope Omolade, also from Nigeria, are believed to be involved in at least
21 fraudulent wire transfers between April and August of 2012. And that may not be all.
A rare footnote made by a U.S. Attorney in the 21-page federal
indictment reads, “Because the purpose of this complaint is to set
forth only those facts necessary to establish probable cause to
arrest, I have not described all the relevant facts and circumstances of which I am aware.” The indictment says the purpose of the conspiracy was to “…
unlawfully obtain money through unauthorised transfers of
funds from bank accounts and brokerage accounts.” To do that, the Nigerian men allegedly impersonated actual account holders in emails exchanged with banking and financial services personnel. In those email conversations, the indictment
says the suspects “… harvested details about the target accounts,
including account balances, and obtained wire transfer
instructions.” With those details, the suspects were then able to initiate a wire transfer without the account holder’s knowledge or authorization. The indictment said that the money was moved through a series of accounts using “money mules,” or people who may or may not have known they were assisting in the transfer.
Other financial institutions affected include Wells Fargo, UMB
Bank, UMB Financial Corporation, Northern Trust and Northern
Trust Corporation. Animasaun was transferred out of the Gregg County Jail on June 28, in the custody of the U.S. Marshals. Federal Bureau of Prisons
records show he is now in a detention centre in Brooklyn, New
York, and will remain there until June 2019. He could have
received up to 30 years in prison for each count of the
indictment. The indictment states that Animasaun kept Omolade informed of the progress, and told him when to expect specific wire transfers. Omolade is not listed as a federal inmate, and there is no record of an arrest. Aliases listed in the indictment include “Michael
Chernick” and “CLICKIDONLINE.”
Animasaun is listed in the indictment with four aliases, including “Larry Hoover” and “Slim Husstle Olanraywaju.”

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Re: US Jails Nigeria’s Olanrewaju Animasaun For $1million Wire Fraud by Nobody: 10:35am On Jul 11, 2017
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Re: US Jails Nigeria’s Olanrewaju Animasaun For $1million Wire Fraud by Ufranklin92(m): 10:35am On Jul 11, 2017
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Re: US Jails Nigeria’s Olanrewaju Animasaun For $1million Wire Fraud by ichommy(m): 10:48am On Jul 11, 2017
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Re: US Jails Nigeria’s Olanrewaju Animasaun For $1million Wire Fraud by Xfemt(m): 10:52am On Jul 11, 2017
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Re: US Jails Nigeria’s Olanrewaju Animasaun For $1million Wire Fraud by Mynd44: 11:40am On Jul 11, 2017

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