post=77904495:
Good for them.
All these boys are not ready to do any legal work again and make their dough peacefully.
All they want is quick fast money!

If you do the crime, get ready to do the TIME!

END OF DISCUSSION!!

oduademonest:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nine-defendants-arrested-new-york-florida-and-texas-multimillion-dollar-wire-fraud

Nine Defendants Arrested In New York, Florida, And Texas For Multimillion-Dollar Wire Fraud Scheme
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James C. Spero, Special Agent in Charge of the Tampa, Florida, Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), announced today that nine defendants, OLUWASEUN ADELEKAN, a/k/a “Sean Adelekan,” OLALEKAN DARAMOLA, SOLOMON ABUREKHANLEN, GBENGA OYENEYIN, ABIOLA OLAJUMOKE, TEMITOPE OMOTAYO, BRYAN EADIE, ALBERT LUCAS, and ADEMOLA ADEBOGUN, were arrested for defrauding businesses and individuals of more than $3.5 million through business email compromises, a Russian oil scam, and a romance scam.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “As alleged, these defendants deployed three different email schemes to defraud their victims. The common denominator in all three schemes was the defendants’ alleged fleecing of their victims through fictitious online identities. The schemes allegedly earned the defendants $3.5 million – and also arrests on federal felony charges.”

HSI Special Agent-in-Charge James C. Spero said: “A transnational criminal organization allegedly conducting illicit domestic and international wire fraud has been dismantled thanks to the hard work of HSI Tampa and Special Agents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. This case illustrates the unique investigative authority and international reach of HSI.”

As alleged in the Indictment[1] unsealed today from at least in or about July 2016, up to and including the present, the defendants participated in a scheme to defraud businesses and individuals through several categories of false and misleading representations, including but not limited to:

Sending victims email messages that appeared to be, but were not, from legitimate business counterparties that included instructions to the victims to wire payment to those seemingly legitimate business counterparties into bank accounts that were actually under the control of, and/or maintained by, ADELEKAN, DARAMOLA, ABUREKHANLEN, OYENEYIN, OLAJUMOKE, OMOTAYO, EADIE, LUCAS, and ADEBOGUN (the “Business Email Compromise Scam”);
Sending email messages and text messages to at least one victim offering an opportunity to invest in oil stored in Russian oil tank farms conditioned on that victim wiring upfront payments into bank accounts purportedly affiliated with the purported oil investment but actually opened by and under the control of ABUREKHANLEN, OLAJUMOKE, and OYENEYIN (the “Russian Oil Scam”); and
Sending email messages and text messages to at least one victim from an individual (or individuals) purporting to be a female with romantic intentions toward the victim requesting, further to establishing a romantic relationship, the wiring of payment into a bank account under the control of OMOTAYO (the “Romance Scam”).
In reliance on the foregoing false and misleading representations, the victims of the Business Email Scam, Russian Oil Scam, and Romance Scam wired or otherwise transferred in excess of $3.5 million into bank accounts opened in the names of shell companies and under the control of and/or maintained by the defendants.

ABUREKHANLEN was arrested yesterday, April 24, 2019, in the Bronx, New York, and will be presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman today. ADELEKAN, OMOTAYO, LUCAS, EADIE, and ADEBOGUN were arrested earlier this morning in New York, New York, and will also be presented today before Judge Pitman. OLAJUMOKE and OYENEYIN were arrested earlier this morning in Florida and will be presented in the Southern District of Florida later today. DARAMOLA was arrested earlier this morning in Texas and will be presented in the Western District of Texas later today.

* * *

The defendants are each charged in the Indictment with one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud. Each defendant faces a maximum potential sentence of 20 years in prison. A chart containing names, age, place of residence, and nationality of the defendants is set forth below.

The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the judge.

Mr. Berman praised the outstanding investigative work of the Special Agents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and HSI.

This case is being handled by the Office’s General Crimes Unit. Assistant United States Attorney Daniel H. Wolf is in charge of the prosecution.

The charges contained in the Indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Defendant

Age

Place of Residence

Oluwaseun “Sean” Adelekan

36

New York, New York

Olalaken Daramola

35

Austin, Texas

Solomon Aburekhanlen

32

New York, New York

Gbenga Oyeneyin

32

Aventura, Florida

Abiola Olajumoke

46

Aventura, Florida

Temitope Omotayo

36

New York, New York

Bryan Eadie

35

New York, New York

Albert Lucas

29

New York, New York

Ademola Adebogun

38

New York, New York


[1] As the introductory phrase signifies, the entirety of the text of the Indictment and the description of the Indictment set forth herein constitute only allegations, and every fact described should be treated as an allegation.

mrAMG2:
It is times like this I respect the Italian mafia.

Please note, I am not justifying crime.

wingmanII:
Criminal AFONJAS. They are the reason USA is reluctant to give Nigerians visa these days.

sircrabo:
I am not disappointed. All Tribes are into one crime or the other. The only problem i have woth the YIIBOS people is pointing fingers. Hypocrisy. We commit same crimes yet we abuse them yorubas online daily. See the recently released list of the 5 yiibos that robbed in Saudi Arabia , and then more. It is well

wingmanII:
Criminal AFONJAS. They are the reason USA is reluctant to give Nigerians visa these days.

wingmanII:
Criminal AFONJAS. They are the reason USA is reluctant to give Nigerians visa these days.

oduademonest:
I thought they said they can't be caught in America

Daewang:


Bloody bastard

oduademonest:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nine-defendants-arrested-new-york-florida-and-texas-multimillion-dollar-wire-fraud


Defendant

Age

Place of Residence

Oluwaseun “Sean” Adelekan

36

New York, New York

Olalaken Daramola

35

Austin, Texas

Solomon Aburekhanlen

32

New York, New York

Gbenga Oyeneyin

32

Aventura, Florida

Abiola Olajumoke

46

Aventura, Florida

Temitope Omotayo

36

New York, New York

Bryan Eadie

35

New York, New York

Albert Lucas

29

New York, New York

Ademola Adebogun

38

New York, New York


[1] As the introductory phrase signifies, the entirety of the text of the Indictment and the description of the Indictment set forth herein constitute only allegations, and every fact described should be treated as an allegation.

newmanadrian:
Nairaland don corrupt my mind. Once I see crime my mind starts anticipateing the names.

newmanadrian:
Nairaland don corrupt my mind. Once I see crime my mind starts anticipateing the names.

Nofavorss:
CruellaDeVil could this be our Lucas?

Myself2:
From the desk of the Editor in chief of NCAN , North America branch, there is nothing to confirm to you fellow nairalanders,,,,una can see say na dem dem ,