₦airaland Forum

adenigga:
Source: https://guardian.ng/Ignore-IPOBs-sit-at-home-order-Ohanaeze-urges-Southeast-residents

ohaneze are traitor. ESN will get your dicapited head and display in inewi.

With the recent stupidity of IPOB and their cohorts in the east banning economic activities ever Monday perpetually show how undemocratic and authoritarian the group and their online Nation will be .when you hear a secessionist group having name like supreme leader, the are authoritarian and brutal. Supreme leader of Iran,supreme leader of North Korea, supreme leader of f.arc rebels. Supreme leader of boko haram,supreme leader of IPOB,supreme leader of .LRA ( Joseph konney) . I reachd my conviction after several decapitated heads of ethnic igbo kept on the markets square inorder to intimate other alternatives views eliminated in the narratives a very undemocratic process .the swine and fake strong man kanu caught like a fowl is asking for democratic fear trial with the murderous and authorian activities of his world igbo Congress finance cult group . (ESN).we miss abacha swine kanu will have been in eternity since. Real rebel leader are in the jungle in camo and boot .not in 5 star hotels with chick and Gucci.

NaijaCoverBlog:
Update From . COM

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have exhumed the remains of a pastor from a shallow grave where he was buried by his abductors in Luorre Community at Khana Local Government Area of the state, Reports.

From The Information Gathered By , The 56-year-old pastor Friday Olakada, the General Overseer of God Is God Ministries at Agbochi in Eleme Local Government Area, was kidnapped on May 14, 2021, by four men who pretended to be passengers.

Briefing Journalists at the scene of the crime in Lorre Community on Friday, August 6, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Friday Eboka said the four suspects collected the sum of five hundred thousand naira as ransom from the victim's family, killed and buried him in a shallow grave.

The CP explained that the suspects confessed to have killed the father of six ten days after collecting the ransom.

The prime suspect, Prince Odi, 27, in an interview with journalists shortly after leading the police team to the shallow grave, said they killed the victim because he recognized one of them.

Odi said they were contacted by someone who was in need of a Siena bus so they lured the victim and snatched the car.

The younger brother to the deceased, Mr Woko Olakada commended the police for their efforts and asked that justice be served in the matter.

Mr Olakada also expressed sadness over the demise of his elder brother noting that the family is in pains as the children of the deceased are facing untold hardship.

See Photos As Obtained By Below:

Source: BLOG

.Nigeria police without abba Kyari showmanship still achieving results.

NigeriaZoo:
The largest brothels are in IDP camps in the North.

The biggest thieves are also in the North

The No1 kidnappers and bandits are also in the North

The most dangerous terroists in Africa, also in the North.

Poverty ? North

I could go on and on

the richest kidnnaper ever in Nigeria history evans if from zamfara ? Vampire the most deadly kidnapper in kidnapping history in Nigeria is from kano .igbo introduced the kidnapper rackets to Nigeria so when una leave with all una cancerous habit we clean the north.

Ngorbungor:
It seems you don't know that we relinquished our Sovereignty as a people to this unfruitful individuals we call VP or President to pilot our affairs on our behalf.

So don't try to patronize me by asking what I have contributed to the development of my country, at least I pay my tax promptly.

Nigeria has the lowest tax to GDP ration of 6 while ghana is 25 UK 35 so how wound an educated mind expect Nigeria to develop like uk ? They budget and fund health with 230 bn pounds per year while Nigeria 700m usd for 200m citizens. While we luv everthing foriegn and dont have enough forex to buy items produce by other then our currency must devalue plus poor leaders from pmb.

Ngorbungor:
And Nigerians are still getting poorer, forget all these paper economic he is trying so hard to prove while Naira is now over N500 to $1 USD, we are now the poverty capital of the world for almost 4 years now. Please this is dead on arrival

what your personal contribution to sure up the naira ? Fdi,remittance or local production ? Or just noise maker and consumer .

otosa:
Forget, Nigerians can not wait f till forking 2031 before deciding for what is good for us. There is no room for operation try and luck anymore.

you are free to join the uncivil group like boko haram and ipob. To achieve your monoethnic or mono religion Eldorado.

inspirator1:
Fake pastor got me.

Does northern Muslims need pastors or Immams? Try and be constructive next time and don't die for your gods and elite who care less about.

In the other news, you didn't bedwet about the dressing of the "presidency's" daughter which is haram. Keep fight a battle you won't benefit from with all bitterness.

We need people like you to keep milking this country dry.

Next time after being in a haste, try and reread; anger and hate can becloud judgements.

Your write-up carry pepper spray.

Seems you need to school me more on the achievements of the Northerners to goof about..
State what you have achieve with your myopic bigotry...

milking which country? Keep deceiving your self. Go to forbe list and see who is milking Nigeria .u think opening shop and hustling to sell spare part na real money . Google indimi and oriental energy and see who they milk Nigeria. Go to the list of oil block owner,more states ,more LGA more political office holder. More uptap Minirals this we the real deal . Fgn is buying stake of 2.5bn dollars. 1.2 trillion in dangote. This wort more than a million igbo trader selling fakes all over Nigeria

inspirator1:
Fake pastor got me.

Does northern Muslims need pastors or Immams? Try and be constructive next time and don't die for your gods and elite who care less about.

In the other news, you didn't bedwet about the dressing of the "presidency's" daughter which is haram. Keep fight a battle you won't benefit from with all bitterness.

We need people like you to keep milking this country dry.

Next time after being in a haste, try and reread; anger and hate can becloud judgements.

Your write-up carry pepper spray.

Seems you need to school me more on the achievements of the Northerners to goof about..
State what you have achieve with your myopic bigotry...

fake southern pastor are spreading like covid in the North too .winner is opening 10000 churches and sending pastor enterprenure to milk Northern Christian. This fake televangelist scammer are bent on destroying our northern traditional Christian like ewca.cocin ,Anglican .this it the golden age of Christianity in northern Nigeria.. after swelling fake spare part now fake miracles and churches on the beat ...the daughter of the emir wore a western wedding gown and not a southern Nigeria attire .so stop claim ownership of western clothing cos oyinbo dont so drug smuggluing in large scale .

EmekaA125:
Don't mistake Edo, Benue, Akwaibom and Calabar women prostituting in Northern States as Igbo.

Igbo women hardly and rarely indulge in harlotry.

Thank you.

are u sure ? May be Anambra woman bjt imo and enugu woman are producing harlots per minute .please check coded run .com and see the number of igbo girls available for sex inreturn for cash. Please go to coded run .com and see you sister selling sex like pure water. If u don't see a 1000 igbo ladies on coded run i will leave nairaland permantly.

id911:
Osinanjo is never innovative. He's part of this satanic regime. I get annoyed when you people now say Buhari is bad and Osinbajo is good. Are they no longer on a joined ticket?

Osinbajo was the one that first drafted pensions for ex-governor in Lagos that other states copied from. What was innovative about that useless law?

all the social program like Nppwer,survival fund ,agmies loans , n youths and host of other are beem coordinated and invented from the office of the vp..he not a perfect person and we don't envisage total support .even Trump and ganduje has supporters.

Please click like for osinbajo and share for Peter obi.. osinbajo a humble,calm listening president and more of a socialist (like jankande) while Peter obi a enterprenure par excellence and a good administrator and manager of resource (money) and a private sector lead economy president. Peter obi currently winner .More votes pls. If na bbn nijia una go done votes .

richidinho:
Which of the zulum?

The one that just demolished church yesterday for no reason?

We are here in borno, we know this man more than you guys

churches and mosques must have buiding permits.

Oviconji:
I hope you are getting paid very well for this your relentless PR and image laundering of Osibanjo. You no dey gree us rest with your hyping.

no one need to.be paid it common sense .from been a humble person to a listening and innovate leader. We don't need a bully and Stalinist like we have now.

Nigeria must reject people that has destroyed and looted the country. Any out side osinbajo and zulum we will be in another pmb mess . If this two professors cannot deliver good governance then we are finish as a people .it will even be better to fragments the country to ease of governance....osinbajo and zulum 2023 to 2031 .

id911:
Where's Osinbajo mentioned in the article?

osinbajo and zulum or let divide Nigeria . If two professors fail in developing Nigeria from 2023 to 2031 then we give up .

gidgiddy:
When Nigeria got its independence from Britain in 1960, there was a lot of congratulatory message

When Eritrea got its independence from Ethiopia in the 90's, there was a lot of Thanksgiving

I want to use this avenue to thank the Northern coalition, Arewa Youths Council, Northern Elders Forum and all Northerners, who have at one time or the other, voiced support for the Igbo nation to have their own independent autonomous country.

As an Igbo man who has long been tired of the fiasco known as 'one Nigeria', it fills my heart with joy that other people are supporting the right of Igbos to self determination

So please, my Northern brothers, continue lending your support to this noble cause of freedom for my fellow Igbos.

Thanks a lot.

igbo can also reprocicate by migrating out of northern Nigeria in mass to their Eldorado .over 10m of them honobbing around Nortern Nigeria selling codine,opening brothels ,selling fake drug and spare part , kidnapping kids for resell in Anambra. Opening beer palours ,buiding urban jungles ... it will be less crime in the north and we will redeem our image globally. Not as drug peddler,419 kingpin,fake pastor's, piration head quater and cheif exporters of prostitutes globally.

Sharpsecret01:
and u read am finish
.see go and treat urself cos u have a disease that is known as poverty of the brain

who read nonsense from drug peddlers and fake items sellers .

stieyven:
My friends who are not from the East of Nigeria where Igbos come from often ask me why there is so much anger in the East and among Igbos. Some wonder why, despite the famed Igbo” wealth’ and enterprise all over Nigeria, the people still complain that Nigeria is unfair to them. Some insinuate that the anger comes from the loss of the 2015 election by Jonathan who the Igbos heavily backed.

And why is it that the current generation of Igbos are so angry as to contemplate carrying arms against the country? With lots are following Nnamdi Kanu of IPOB with his secessionist message. Those not following may despise his antics and rhetoric but are sympathetic to his underlying message? And what is that message? That Igbos don’t feel wanted in Nigeria. That decades of official marginalization and discrimination should be stopped or they would be ready to take their chances in a new nation.

First, for those who think this is all about Jonathan and Buhari. It is not. Igbos were disappointed that Jonathan did not win. But those whose candidates lose elections lick their wounds. It is allowed. It happens when your candidate loses election. Why did the Igbos invest so much emotions in Jonathan, a non-Igbo Ijaw? It was more because of the fear of their experience in the past 50 years. Nigeria has placed an embargo on any Igbo man becoming Nigerian president. Jonathan was the next best thing. Other parts of Nigeria have supported their sons to the presidency. Some have bombed Nigeria into submission to get their son to Aso Rock. Igbos have little capacity to blackmail Nigeria to the presidency. They chose Jonathan as their “Igbo” . But that’s not to say that they are angry enough because he lost to contemplate going to war on his behalf. Jonathan was not really the model of a President you would go to war for. And his Ijaw people have accepted his loss. So?

Igbo anger has been building up in Nigeria since I was a kid in the 70s. As kids, we made choices in our school years based on the narrative of the Igbo place in Nigeria. We knew of the glass ceiling against Igbos before we were out of puberty. After the civil war, despite the “No winner, no vanquished” program, Nigeria placed glass ceilings and no-go areas for Igbos. The war reconstruction program was observed more in the breach. There was the “abandoned” property program that was introduced to drive a wedge between components of the former South-East Nigeria. While the country was too embarrassed to put the discrimination program down in an official gazette, it was there for anyone who cared to look. It was evident in the Igbo police officer who stayed in one position while less qualifies juniors progressed to become his bosses. It was evident when no Igbo qualified to become the Inspector General of Police, or leader any division in the armed forces. It was there when ‘ sensitive” or ‘lucrative “ positions were shared in Nigeria and Igbos were conspicuously absent. It was there when Igbos were only fit enough to be made Minister of Information until Obasanjo came to power. And even recently, it was there when Buhari appointed 47 people to man the critical roles in his government and no one from the South east was there. Any time there is a federal appointment in Nigeria, its usually the east that shouts. It was there from Buhari first term to his second term and anyone in-between.

The Igbo elite called it marginalization. Other Nigerians countered by saying no part of Nigeria was getting enough. Marginalization was universal. But they forgot something. The Igbo cry of marginalization was official policy. It was expected. It was programmed. And occasionally, key government officials let it slip that Igbos should not complain. After all, they fought a war with Nigeria. Talk about No Victor, No Vanquished. There was a Victor alright. And they were reminded of that at every turn. Every appointment. Every national project. Nigeria was only pretending. Igbos were licking their wounds and complaining and the rest of Nigeria was too busy to notice.

Go to the South-East today. Since the 70s and the oil boom. Nigeria has invested in commercial industries across the country. None has been sited in the South east. None. Refineries, Steel Plants, Cement Firms. Any Industry. The South East was systematically de-industrialized. Even when it was the best location for any industry, there was always a reason why it should not be sited there. What this means was that any Igbo man that wanted to work in a commercial federal establishment had to leave the east. Add this to the indigenization policy of the early 70s that pushed the Igbos out of private companies. It meant that international companies also avoided expansion into the south east. The Nigerian Breweries, the Dunlop and other such firms sited their plants outside the East and only set up distribution centers to sell in the region. This is one of the main reasons the exodus of Igbos from the zone accelerated after the war and continues to this day despite the hostility they face in certain parts of Nigeria. And why most became traders and commercial business men. Because access to organized work either in the government, government commercial institutions and even commercial institutions were limited.

The only industrial enterprise in the east are built by easterners; Nnewi, Aba, Onitsha. These are Igbo indigenous industrial cities.

This has been the practice since the end of the war.

In addition to this, the Federal Government has systematically made it difficult for Easterners to do commercial business even in the East. The Federal Roads in the East are some of the worst in Nigeria. The Eastern Sea ports have been made ineffective. It was a war to get the Enugu Airport upgraded to an International Airport. The former Finance Minister shed tears on the day the first International Flight landed in Enugu. Yes, Okonjo Iwealla cried! Recently, it was only the South East that was conspicuously missing in the New Railway Plan of the Federal Government. Nigeria has 6 regions. And one was missing in a national railway plan. Incidentally, Igbos who reside here are the most itinerant in the country and would benefit most from a national transport plan. Even our President changed the plan to include his village but a zone of the country was not included.

When you go to the east, despite the lack of federal presence, the presence of police all over the east tells a story. They mount road blocks and make it difficult to have commercial activity. Recently, Customs has joined. And lastly the army. It is an occupied territory. They extort money. They intimate. They recently have started killing.

Nigeria has made the east unlivable. Purposely. Carefully.

I am often in conversations where people accuse the east of being clannish. That while we are welcome in all parts of Nigeria, outsiders cannot come to the East. My question is: why would you come to the east? To do what? There is no business to do in the east. Nigeria has ensured that. Why would someone from the South West of Nigeria go to the East to invest? No one would prevent you. But it hardly makes commercial sense. Nigeria has ensured that. Those from the North are there in droves. Igbos love to celebrate with cows. And the cattlemen go there to sell their cattle. No one molests them. In my village and most villages in the East, they live unmolested. But those are the only people who can find commercial reason to be there!

So those who wonder why Igbos are angry, wonder no more. While most would not dare carry arms against Nigeria, don’t under estimate the level of disconnection and anger especially among the younger generation. Nigeria is made of nations that came together to form a country. No nation will like to be in perpetual servitude. That Nnamdi Kanu’s supporters starred down army tanks with sticks is a sign that the next generation will be ready to fight bare hands if necessary to stop Nigeria treating the Igbo nation as second-class citizens. There will be fiercer and angrier Kanus in our immediate future if Nigeria does not officially stop the “vanquished “program against the Igbos who fought the civil war. You cannot preach unity and indivisibility of the country on TV and all your actions point at discriminating against the components of the country. It is as dangerous as it is foolhardy. Let those who preach unity walk the talk and stop open discrimination of their countrymen. History has shown that you cannot decree peace. You cannot decree unity. You cannot force any group to belong to a country by force, it may work for a time. But never sustainable.

Nigeria has a lot to look forward to as a united country. It also has enough for the regions and nations that make up the country. Our diversity is a blessing. Our failure to reach our potential is caused mostly by the internal contradictions and the inability to build a fair country that can bring out the best out of her component regions. Those who shout most about loving Nigeria today are mostly those its current unfair structure favor. But Nigeria will continue being as strong as its weakest link. And the weak links are all there to see. The East is one of the weakest links. Until it stops being a weak link, Nigeria cannot truly make progress.

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complete nonsense and stupidty...

TarOrfeeek:
After accompanying the little ones to school in the day time.

They'll go back to IDP camps and use Cabin biscuits and Indomie to bait the older ones for sex.


Tueh!

hoping for the worst. Abi.

Monogamy:
Professor MUMURIC at it again

OBJ - Christian
Yaradua- Muslim
GEJ- Christian
Buhari- Muslim

The next president should be a christian

or a biafran or death .

money121:
A Gabonese man, Mesmine Abessole has married four women at the same time. The newly-wedded brides were Madeleine Nguema, Prisca Nguema, Nicole Mboungou, and Carene Sylvana Aboghet.

SOURCE: https://woodworkingbox.com/2021/08/02/photos-gabonese-man-marries-four-wives-at-once/


lalasticlala, Mynd44

correct African man.

Penguin2:
Freedom of speech is dead!

And zombies will still extol their darling daddy.

I hope when tomorrow comes and the table turns on them to be the ones prosecuted, they will still rationalize and justify these actions?

calling and insulting people is not freedom of speech but hate speech.

Ofadaman:
Didn't you listen to Ahmadu Bello on his northernization policy where according to him, if there's a job opening in the ministry or any federal level, you'd consider a northerner first , and if you can't get a northerner, you'd find an expatriate, if you don't get an expatriate that is when you can employ "another Nigerian".

Look at the NNPC job and recently reserve list in the navy, all your northern friend got the job, my former at ministry of health I had to change my name to Ahmed Mohd to get the job , and I faked it till I left.

Check any ministry it's 80% North. This is deliberate

so you faked all your certificate too pig

Niwdog:
I pray he comes out clean from this fbi indictment
Cause he got a great record
This is the effect of trying to befriend all the rich men

he was not indicated by sahara rroprter and pdp agent (reno,ipob and co ) turn it to 7 people he was accused of bribery .Six Indicted in International Scheme to Defraud Qatari School Founder and then Launder over $1 Million in Illicit Proceeds
Nigerian National Known as ‘Hushpuppi’ Admits Money Laundering in School Financing Scam and Additional Cyber and Business Email Compromise Schemes
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury indictment unsealed this week alleges an elaborate scheme to steal more than $1.1 million from a businessperson attempting to finance the construction of a school for children in Qatar – and the subsequent laundering of illicit proceeds through bank accounts around the world.

The three-count indictment returned on April 29 and unsealed Monday charges three U.S.-based defendants who were arrested last week – as well as three defendants believed to be in Africa – with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to engage in money laundering, and aggravated identity theft.

The criminal complaint that initiated the prosecution in February was also unsealed Monday, revealing that Ramon Olorunwa Abbas – also known by his social media handle of “Ray Hushpuppi” – was initially charged in this case. Court documents ordered unsealed today show that Abbas, a 37-year-old Nigerian national, pleaded guilty on April 20. A version of Abbas’ plea agreement filed late Tuesday outlines his role in the school-finance scheme, as well as several other cyber and business email compromise schemes that cumulatively caused more than $24 million in losses.

“The defendants allegedly faked the financing of a Qatari school by playing the roles of bank officials and creating a bogus website in a scheme that also bribed a foreign official to keep the elaborate pretense going after the victim was tipped off,” said Acting United States Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison. “Mr. Abbas, who played a significant role in the scheme, funded his luxurious lifestyle by laundering illicit proceeds generated by con artists who use increasingly sophisticated means. In conjunction with our law enforcement partners, we will identify and prosecute perpetrators of business email compromise scams, which is a massive and growing international crime problem.”

“Mr. Abbas, among the most high-profile money launderers in the world, has admitted to his significant role in perpetrating global BEC fraud, a scheme currently plaguing Americans,” said Kristi K. Johnson, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “His celebrity status and ability to make connections seeped into legitimate organizations and led to several spin-off schemes in the U.S. and abroad. Today’s announcement deals a crucial blow to this international network and hopefully serves as a warning to potential victims targeted with this type of theft.”

According to the indictment, Abbas allegedly conspired with Abdulrahman Imraan Juma, a.k.a. “Abdul,” 28, of Kenya, and Kelly Chibuzo Vincent, 40, of Nigeria, to defraud the Qatari businessperson by claiming to be consultants and bankers who could facilitate a loan to finance construction of the planned school. Juma allegedly posed as a facilitator and consultant for the illusory bank loans, while Abbas played the role of “Malik,” a Wells Fargo banker in New York, according to court documents. Vincent, in turn, allegedly provided support for the false narratives fed to the victim by, among other things, creating bogus documents and arranging for the creation of a fake bank website and phone banking line.

Yusuf Adekinka Anifowoshe, a.k.a. “AJ,” 26, of Brooklyn, New York, allegedly played a role in the fraud, assisting Abbas with a call to the victim posing as “Malik.” Special agents with the FBI arrested Anifowoshe in New York on July 22.

The conspirators allegedly defrauded the victim out of more than $1.1 million.

The proceeds of the fraud allegedly were laundered in several ways. According to the indictment, Abbas was assisted in laundering the proceeds of the fraud by Rukayat Motunraya Fashola, a.k.a. “Morayo,” 28, of Valley Stream, New York, and Bolatito Tawakalitu Agbabiaka, a.k.a. “Bolamide,” 34, of Linden, New Jersey. These two defendants also were arrested on July 22 by FBI agents.

Approximately $230,000 of the stolen funds allegedly were used to purchase a Richard Mille RM11-03 watch, which was hand delivered to Abbas in Dubai and subsequently appeared in Hushpuppi’s social media posts. Other illicit proceeds from the scheme were allegedly converted into cashier’s checks, including $50,000 in checks that were used by Abbas and a co-conspirator to fraudulently acquire a St. Christopher and Nevis citizenship, as well as a passport for Abbas obtained by creating a false marriage certificate and then bribing a government official in St. Kitts.

Court documents outline a dispute among members of the conspiracy, which allegedly prompted Vincent to contact the victim and claim that Abbas and Juma were engaged in fraud. After this contact, Abbas allegedly arranged to have Vincent jailed in Nigeria by Abba Alhaji Kyari, 46, of Nigeria. According to the affidavit, Kyari is a highly decorated deputy commissioner of the Nigeria Police Force who is alleged to have arranged for Vincent to be arrested and jailed at Abbas’ behest, and then sent Abbas photographs of Vincent after his arrest. Kyari also allegedly sent Abbas bank account details for an account into which Abbas could deposit payment for Vincent’s arrest and imprisonment.

Anifowoshe, Fashola and Agbabiaka were arrested in New York and New Jersey on July 22, and they are expected to be arraigned in Los Angeles in August. All three are currently free on bond.

A criminal complaint and an indictment contain allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Both conspiracy counts alleged in the indictment carry a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. Aggravated identity theft carries a mandatory two-year prison term.

The FBI is investigating this matter as part of Operation Top Dog. The FBI thanks the government of the United Arab Emirates and the Dubai Police Department for their substantial assistance in this matter. The FBI also thanks the Kenyan Office of Attorney General, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and Directorate of Criminal Investigations for their substantial assistance.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Khaldoun Shobaki of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section. The Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs provided substantial assistance in this matter.

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Financial Fraud
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6 people was indicted for fraud .then sahara ipob media with it own narratives change it to 7 .Kyari was accused of bribery .it different from participating in the fraud .

[quote author=Penguin2 post=104338071]List of those angry about Kyari’s travails:

Zombies
Miyetti Allah
Northern criminals
And fools who has lost sense of judgment.[/quote) pig am sure you didn't even read well .6 people indicted and Kyari was not indicated but was accused of collecting bribes .Six Indicted in International Scheme to Defraud Qatari School Founder and then Launder over $1 Million in Illicit Proceeds
Nigerian National Known as ‘Hushpuppi’ Admits Money Laundering in School Financing Scam and Additional Cyber and Business Email Compromise Schemes
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury indictment unsealed this week alleges an elaborate scheme to steal more than $1.1 million from a businessperson attempting to finance the construction of a school for children in Qatar – and the subsequent laundering of illicit proceeds through bank accounts around the world.

The three-count indictment returned on April 29 and unsealed Monday charges three U.S.-based defendants who were arrested last week – as well as three defendants believed to be in Africa – with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to engage in money laundering, and aggravated identity theft.

The criminal complaint that initiated the prosecution in February was also unsealed Monday, revealing that Ramon Olorunwa Abbas – also known by his social media handle of “Ray Hushpuppi” – was initially charged in this case. Court documents ordered unsealed today show that Abbas, a 37-year-old Nigerian national, pleaded guilty on April 20. A version of Abbas’ plea agreement filed late Tuesday outlines his role in the school-finance scheme, as well as several other cyber and business email compromise schemes that cumulatively caused more than $24 million in losses.

“The defendants allegedly faked the financing of a Qatari school by playing the roles of bank officials and creating a bogus website in a scheme that also bribed a foreign official to keep the elaborate pretense going after the victim was tipped off,” said Acting United States Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison. “Mr. Abbas, who played a significant role in the scheme, funded his luxurious lifestyle by laundering illicit proceeds generated by con artists who use increasingly sophisticated means. In conjunction with our law enforcement partners, we will identify and prosecute perpetrators of business email compromise scams, which is a massive and growing international crime problem.”

“Mr. Abbas, among the most high-profile money launderers in the world, has admitted to his significant role in perpetrating global BEC fraud, a scheme currently plaguing Americans,” said Kristi K. Johnson, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “His celebrity status and ability to make connections seeped into legitimate organizations and led to several spin-off schemes in the U.S. and abroad. Today’s announcement deals a crucial blow to this international network and hopefully serves as a warning to potential victims targeted with this type of theft.”

According to the indictment, Abbas allegedly conspired with Abdulrahman Imraan Juma, a.k.a. “Abdul,” 28, of Kenya, and Kelly Chibuzo Vincent, 40, of Nigeria, to defraud the Qatari businessperson by claiming to be consultants and bankers who could facilitate a loan to finance construction of the planned school. Juma allegedly posed as a facilitator and consultant for the illusory bank loans, while Abbas played the role of “Malik,” a Wells Fargo banker in New York, according to court documents. Vincent, in turn, allegedly provided support for the false narratives fed to the victim by, among other things, creating bogus documents and arranging for the creation of a fake bank website and phone banking line.

Yusuf Adekinka Anifowoshe, a.k.a. “AJ,” 26, of Brooklyn, New York, allegedly played a role in the fraud, assisting Abbas with a call to the victim posing as “Malik.” Special agents with the FBI arrested Anifowoshe in New York on July 22.

The conspirators allegedly defrauded the victim out of more than $1.1 million.

The proceeds of the fraud allegedly were laundered in several ways. According to the indictment, Abbas was assisted in laundering the proceeds of the fraud by Rukayat Motunraya Fashola, a.k.a. “Morayo,” 28, of Valley Stream, New York, and Bolatito Tawakalitu Agbabiaka, a.k.a. “Bolamide,” 34, of Linden, New Jersey. These two defendants also were arrested on July 22 by FBI agents.

Approximately $230,000 of the stolen funds allegedly were used to purchase a Richard Mille RM11-03 watch, which was hand delivered to Abbas in Dubai and subsequently appeared in Hushpuppi’s social media posts. Other illicit proceeds from the scheme were allegedly converted into cashier’s checks, including $50,000 in checks that were used by Abbas and a co-conspirator to fraudulently acquire a St. Christopher and Nevis citizenship, as well as a passport for Abbas obtained by creating a false marriage certificate and then bribing a government official in St. Kitts.

Court documents outline a dispute among members of the conspiracy, which allegedly prompted Vincent to contact the victim and claim that Abbas and Juma were engaged in fraud. After this contact, Abbas allegedly arranged to have Vincent jailed in Nigeria by Abba Alhaji Kyari, 46, of Nigeria. According to the affidavit, Kyari is a highly decorated deputy commissioner of the Nigeria Police Force who is alleged to have arranged for Vincent to be arrested and jailed at Abbas’ behest, and then sent Abbas photographs of Vincent after his arrest. Kyari also allegedly sent Abbas bank account details for an account into which Abbas could deposit payment for Vincent’s arrest and imprisonment.

Anifowoshe, Fashola and Agbabiaka were arrested in New York and New Jersey on July 22, and they are expected to be arraigned in Los Angeles in August. All three are currently free on bond.

A criminal complaint and an indictment contain allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Both conspiracy counts alleged in the indictment carry a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. Aggravated identity theft carries a mandatory two-year prison term.

The FBI is investigating this matter as part of Operation Top Dog. The FBI thanks the government of the United Arab Emirates and the Dubai Police Department for their substantial assistance in this matter. The FBI also thanks the Kenyan Office of Attorney General, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and Directorate of Criminal Investigations for their substantial assistance.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Khaldoun Shobaki of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section. The Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs provided substantial assistance in this matter.

Topic(s):
Cyber Crime
Financial Fraud
Component(s):
USAO - California, Central
Contact:
Thom Mrozek
Director of Media Relations
thom.mrozek@usdoj.gov
(213) 894-6947
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jahsharon:
This poster is posting from the Psychiatric Ward of Kano Isolation Centres

which category do you belong in the list is very long .

Mikecold:
pained clown

Same Nigerians are the ones happy

Your list are the "loyal boys" who aren't happy

sane or insane .you need to collect your school fees back .I know you must be here. Ipob bigot I have already included you in the list .

Kidnnapers,arm robbers, yahoo people ,ipob/ESN terrorist,boko haram .southern bigots .sahara reporters ,pdp and it cohort(reno and co).please add to the list

ogmask:
Under prosecution na 99% of his achievement ba? What kinda thing is that.
Only one or two pple jailed since he started his police work. I hope he is not catching innocent pple just to hype his career because naija police can do anything doable

you are too dumb .that shows you that judiciary is the problem.

mystery22:
Send him to the USA not only suspending the fulani criminal

you will die in poverty ,bigotry and hate .from the name Kyari tell your hate filled skull that he neither hausa or fulani but kanuri .idoit swine.