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Wujio:
This is wrong. APC is hell-bent on turning this nation into an occult system. The legacy of APC is hellish and they won't end well. Nigeria will be let loose from their shackles.

Two Nigerian nationals who were extradited to the United States from Spain were sentenced to 128 and 87 months in prison for their roles in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.

With today’s sentencing, five defendants who were extradited from the United Kingdom and Spain in connection with this matter have been sentenced.

According to court documents, Ezennia Peter Neboh, 48, who was sentenced today to 128 months of incarceration, was the lead defendant of a group of fraudsters who sent personalized letters to elderly victims in the United States, falsely claiming that the sender was a representative of a bank in Spain and that the recipient was entitled to receive a multimillion-dollar inheritance left for the recipient by a family member who had died years before in Portugal.

Victims were told that before they could receive their purported inheritance, they were required to send money for delivery fees and taxes and were instructed to make other payments. Victims sent money to the defendants through a complex web of U.S.-based former victims. The defendant and his co-conspirators also convinced former victims to receive money from new victims and then instructed those former victims to forward the fraud proceeds to others.

On Oct. 23, the Honorable Kathleen M. Williams sentenced another defendant who was also extradited from Spain, Kennedy Ikponmwosa, to 87 months of imprisonment.

Three other co-defendants who were extradited from the United Kingdom also received prison sentences. On June 21, Judge Williams sentenced Emmanuel Samuel to 82 months in prison; on July 25, Judge Williams sentenced Jerry Chucks Ozor to 87 months in prison; and on August 29, Judge Williams sentenced Iheanyichukwu Jonathan Abraham to 90 months in prison, for their roles in the scheme.

“The Justice Department’s Consumer Protection Branch will continue to pursue, prosecute and bring to justice transnational criminals responsible for defrauding U.S. consumers,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.


“We thank our colleagues at the Spanish National Police and the Ministry of Justice for assisting with the successful investigation and extradition of these defendants. This prosecution is a testament to the critical role of transnational collaboration in tackling transnational crime.”

“The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) has a long tradition of protecting American citizens from these types of schemes and bringing those responsible to justice,” said Inspector in Charge Juan A. Vargas for the USPIS Miami Division.

“This result is a testament to the dedicated partnership between the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the USPIS to protect our citizens from these scams.”


“HSI has a long history of aggressively pursuing criminals to ensure that they are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” said Special Agent in Charge Scott Brown for HSI Arizona. “When criminals indiscriminately target the elderly or otherwise vulnerable, the impact and harm is particularly long-lasting. These sentences send a message to those around the world who think they can escape our laws – anyone who engages in or facilitates deceptive practices like these will not go undetected. HSI will continue to work tirelessly to hold those criminals accountable and bring justice to victims.”

The Consumer Protection Branch, USPIS and HSI are investigating the case.

Senior Trial Attorney Phil Toomajian and Trial Attorneys Josh Rothman and Brianna Gardner of the Justice Department’s Consumer Protection Branch are prosecuting the case. The Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, Europol and authorities from the United Kingdom, Spain and Portugal all provided critical assistance.

If you or someone you know is age 60 or older and has been a victim of financial fraud, help is standing by at the National Elder Fraud Hotline: 1-833-FRAUD-11 (1-833-372-8311). This Justice Department hotline, managed by the Office for Victims of Crime, is staffed by experienced professionals who provide personalized support to callers by assessing the needs of the victim and identifying relevant next steps.

Case managers will identify appropriate reporting agencies, provide information to callers to assist them in reporting, connect callers directly with appropriate agencies, and provide resources and referrals, on a case-by-case basis. Reporting is the first step. Reporting can help authorities identify those who commit fraud and reporting certain financial losses due to fraud as soon as possible can increase the likelihood of recovering losses.

The hotline is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET. English, Spanish, and other languages are available.

More information about the department’s efforts to help American seniors is available at its Elder Justice Initiative webpage. For more information about the Consumer Protection Branch and its enforcement efforts, visit

Thundafireseun:
I'm already guessing that marriages in this African countries are quite cheap.....

If you spend your hard earned money like the igbo man does just to get a wife divorce will be the last thing on your mind

The western world still has the highest rates of divorce and one of the contributing factor is that it’s quite easy and cheap to get married

Although divorce is quite expensive buh they don’t care

sotall:
The way some of yoj rush and open threads to asslick those that are oppressing you is really baffling.

With the damage the bad economic policies of the government has done to the finances of Nigerians, one would think every Nigerian now knows where the problem is coming from.

This patch patch solution of dumping dollars into the Nigerian fx market is only a one-week solution to a decade-long problem.

How long can the f
Government keep dumping dollars? Instead of them to improve power generation and distribution, create a good environment for export of Nigerian goods, and ensure local refineries work, they are dumping dollars.

I hope you aren't disappointed when dollar starts to rise again

naijaboy756:
Dollar wey Osinbajo, Tinubu and Buhari accuse say e Dey 216.

Human beings are truly wicked

adesegun121:
Please patronize my roofing business so i can have money

Akaegwu:
That's a good one. Tinubu will still claim it as one of his achievement While the real nigga will watch from the crowd. I pray for Sanwo, Tinubu will never take your glory.

adesegun121:
Una go dey defend nonsense
Citizen are hungry na yatch remain to buy abi



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XerXers:
Your home no pass your mud house village in ogbomoso

PotatoSalad:
Obi giving y'all nightmares.
Food on balanced diet and you'll still mention Obi.
Na early signs of schizophrenia

Honestfrend:
So na only Anambra dem they burn thief?

Betanaija42moro:
No, is your brain that needs to be switched off

3ice9ce:
That's why the state chapter no support am.
Owerri zone swore to destroy Uzodinma. Ajaero is from Owerri zone. He's also an LP supporter.
Hope you see the connection.

Hendrixky:
Very good


Nigeria youths una don hear abi


Efcc nor get right to burst you for night

The one way dey pain me pass na the phone way una still dey open for police anytime them demand for am despite the fact say their oga IG don talk say police nor get right to search your phone


Most Nigeria youths are cowards and them nor know their rights

If na tribalism now Nigeria youth go get power

Very disgusting set of youths

Godsofsoccer:
Assnal cooking a last minute comeback.

Angelfrost:
Yeah... So wrong.

It now looks clearly political.