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Nigerian credit card fraud-ring in Minnesota exposed!

By Wasiu Sodeinde
Continued from home page,

There is palpable fear among Nigerian crime communities in the Twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, as agents of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehensions, BCA began rounding up some Nigerians believed to be involved in credit card theft and identity fraud in the northern part of the United States.
Eleven Nigerians, eight of who are currently being detained at the Ramsey County jail in St Paul Minnesota have been charged with multiple counts of fraud for allegedly running a counterfeit credit card scheme and stealing more than $650,000.
According to the Department of Justice the list of the charged individuals include Bashiru Adelumola Fowoshere and Titilayo Abidemi Fowoshere, both of Ramsey; Adekunle Kayode Ayeni, Yewande Mariam Sholebo, Adewale Alba Alli, Olayemi Lateef Banjoko, Idowu Ayinla Sadiq, Abiodun Banjoko and Oyetoyin Oseni Atobatele, all of Fridley;   Oriyomi Enitan Olowosago of Brooklyn Park; and Ajibola Alli Fowoshere, whose address is unknown.

http://www.africa-online.com/Nigeria/news_9_14_09.htm

wow and these are igbo people too, @ OP dissect someone on their character cos i know a yoruba movie actress that was caught peddling drugs to the U.K, yoruba document forgers, yoruba yahoo yahoo boys, But at the end of the day it is them and not a yoruba tendency

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The guy na sharp guy

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/03/30/how-notorious-fraudster-duped-accommodation-seekers-in-lagos/


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is currently interrogating a notorious fraudster, Olabamiji Michael, who was alleged of defrauding over a 100 persons of about N30m in the guise of providing befitting accommodation for them in Lagos.

The con- man, whose targets are mostly accommodation seekers, has been parading himself as a housing agent in Lagos. He had succeeded in tricking his victims into parting with large sums of money for procuring accommodation in an uncompleted one -storey building, located at No. 2, Amuda Street, in Kirikiri Town.

It was gathered that, the said building which was formerly a bungalow was later developed into a storey building. It has two sets of two bed room flats in it which was rented for N700,000 each, a four set of two rooms, self -contained went for N400,000 each and that of one room apartment were rented for N200,000 each.

The victims, including those that have already been served with quit notices by their respective landlords, unguardedly fell into the trap of the fraudster and ended up paying for flats still under construction. Unfortunately, most of them were greatly disappointed when, on completion of the buildings, they found out that they could not have access to their flats. Worse still, they were shocked to see many others claiming to have paid for the same flats to the same person. The scenario painted by the struggle for rightful possession by the victims is better imagined than witnessed.

On the penultimate day, the man who received their money suddenly showed up. He reportedly came to collect the balance of the remaining money from his unsuspecting victims when he suddenly saw the large number of his victims.

While the fraudster quickly took to his heels, his victims kept themselves busy by struggling for rightful ownership of the flats. The struggle soon degenerated into chaos. It heightened as those who have relatives around called for help while those who do not, were left with no option than to hurriedly contract thugs to help them do their biding.

*The suspect: Olabamiji Michael

It took the timely intervention of policemen from the Kirikiri Division, who raced to the scene, to prevent what would have turned into bloodshed. The Divisional Police Officer advised that they should get themselves together and lodge a formal report at the police station.

Some of the victims who spoke to Crime Alert said they were not aware that the contentious building was rented out to many people and they regretted ever getting themselves into such ugly situation.

Sunday Joseph, a trader who lost over N400,000 to the fraudster narrated how he was lured into parting with his money. According to him, he contacted Michael after he read through an advert that was published along the road. “I called the numbers on the advert and he directed me to Amuda Street Kirikiri Town. There, I saw the building. It was still under construction.

He showed me round and I opted to take one of the flats. I asked for the price which he said was N 700,000 excluding agent and agreement fee, which he said I would pay N 50,000 each. I argued that it wasn’t an agent that showed the house to me, but he insisted that I must pay because the building belongs to his family and the only waay he could make his own money was by doing the agent’s job. After a long negotiation, we agreed and I paid N 400,000 and promised to balance him when I move into the house.

I kept on checking on him to see how things were going. All those times, I did not see other people call on my apartment, but on the day he asked me to bring his balance and take the keys to my apartment, I discovered that over 20 persons had paid for my apartment and at that instance, they were all struggling to get in. Doors were pulled out and replaced with another, padlocks were shattered and replaced with another, it was a complete chaos. At that time, I became confused and decided to call the attention of the man that gave me the flat but his lines were all switched off.

The crowd was much and people were running helter-skelter. Some were even trying to force their properties into the apartment. It eventually turned out to be a survival of the fittest. But some even went ahead in contacting their relatives to help them occupy an apartment; some others took the opportunity to occupying apartments hey did not pay for.

All of a sudden, the police arrived the scene and took control of the chaotic situation. They took us all to the police station and some of us made statements and surrendered the receipt of payment to the police. They next day, they tried to trace the man that received money from all of us called Ola through the address on the receipt.

But the address was not even in existence. We all got confused and the police were also handicapped because nobody knew where to trace him But I think the police actually alerted the command headquarters and also the Zone 2 headquarters in Onikan. Surprisingly, we got a call from the police that he has been arrested in Victoria Island in Lagos, after he was sighted by a victim whom he had duped of N5 million in a previous deal.

We quickly alerted the EFCC, because we learnt that some persons have been trying to get Ola out of Zone 2. The operatives at the EFCC responded immediately and Ola was transferred”.

Spokesman of EFCC, Femi Babafemi who confirmed the story, said the Commission is doing all within it’s powers to ensure that Olabajimi, as he is fondly called, did not escape justice.

9jaganja:
Simply tell me where in any of my posts on this thread where I said Ikwerres are not Igbos? I actually said they are Igbo and that Igbo is their mother tribe going by their names and their dialect. I also said Ikwerres can speak Igbo easily and Igbos also understand Ikwerre easily . What is wrong with you people? Wow Just don't bother replying to my post of you don't understand what I posted. Geeeeez you folks suck a sweaty one.

na here u come fok up, If u allude to the fact that we the ikwerres are igbo then what do you mean we can speak igbo (duh) and igbos understand ikwerre,

Its like saying yorubas can understand ijebu and ijebu can speak yoruba, WTF? They are one people,

Either you are too smart for your own good or your just plain daft

9jaganja:
You folks are impossible. His mom is Yoruba, doesn't that mean his mum has Yoruba influence? What da bleep? I said Ikwerres have influences from other tribes but their mother tribe is Igbo. You folks are the ones that need to get a brain for once. Daft punks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now goodbye!!!!1!

no dey deceive urself say u dey go school,

Wow his mum is yoruba then automatically the whole Ikwerres have influence from yorubas, Then I guess yorubas have influence from british peeps since SADe ADU's mom is british, the dumbest thing i have hears this morning.

Like i said if u aint igbo get the Bleep out of our bizness, I am from the ikwerre community also and dont appreciate a daft head telling me who influenced or didnt influence my community

9jaganja:
Go. You know understand common language. You are using Kaduna Nzeogwu. I said Rotimi's parents or Rotimi must have some sort of Yoruba influence to name him Rotimi. Now you said Major Kaduna was born in Kaduna. Doesn't that mean he has Kaduna influence? You are a complete slowpoke. I get class in 30mins abeg go kpai jor!!!!

wait o!! ganja dey go school? E ba boo, Chai i pity for ur parents wasting their hard earned ego on a daft thing

Save ur parents the agony and come apprentice at my shop in Asaba (oops since u no like igbos) or come warri since na there i base and apprentice in one of my sheds, IDIOT

You've been arguing 360, your argument onwere ishi

006:
@ 9jaganja, can't you read! I tire oo.

the guy daft na

9jaganja:
Shut it dude!! You are embarrassing Igbos here. You further prove the notion that the only reason political Igbos want to accept other Igbos spread across south south region is because of oil. Just stop it now!!!

see me see trouble o

Ah ah momsie na from Rivers, Popsie na Anioma man, So i cant talk about my people again?

Y0u shut the hell up cos U aint igbo and aint got any bizness talking about us, EWU di ka gi

9jaganja:
You suck dude really dude. Yakubu is not a Yoruba name and any Muslim can have that name. Now, Rotimi is a Yoruba name and any Yoruba can also have that name. Now Amaechi's first name is Rotimi which is a Yoruba name. I'm not saying he is Yoruba, I'm saying Ikwerres have huge influence from Igbos but they also have influences from other tribes as well. If some's parent doesn't have any Yoruba influence, why would you name your child Rotimi? Muslims have influences from Arabs that's why they have arabic names Get it succka? Get outta here. You just want to argue. I no get your time. You are just mad Ikwerres don't see themselves as who you want them to be. Ikwerres are Igbos no doubt but trying to force identity down another man's throat is wrong dude. Just love them for whatever they choose to recognize themselves as.

Why would i be mad when I am part of them? Doesnt make sense,

Maybe you have been living in the village thats why, Have you heard of Major Kaduna Nzeogwu ( with ur level of daftness probably not)?

He is complete igbo man but since he was born in kaduna and his parents loved the town, hence the name kaduna

Na lack of exposure dey worry u, I grew up with diversity around me and have seen best friends of different ethnic groups give their kids each others name.

Now nobody is arguing if rotimi is a yoruba name, But anwering rotimi doesnt make you yoruba (unless u know for sure)

Na the small claro u dey smoke dey make ur head shake, e no reach  

ndu_chucks:
This Ikwerre bruhaha is probably not unrelated to the fact that the ND oil rich areas occupied by the Ikwerre need to be seen as Igboland in the grand scheme of things.  I wonder whether this would have been so much of an issue without the oil in that area.

FYI Anioma land which is in delta state is an oil producing area in the state (it just doesnt have oil, but oil is being tapped from the community). Oil is being tapped from Abia state as well. So to think that the Ikwerre region is the only igbo area with oil is complete daftness

Then again igbos dont give a hoot about oil, Only parasitic people like oil.

9jaganja:
You are the daft one here. Yakub is an Arab name (Yaqub) for Jacob and is a religious name and not exclusive to any trib. Rotimi is a Yoruba name meaning stay with me and full meaning is my child is by my side. How daft can you be to compare a name that has no meaning in any Nigerian tribe to a Yoruba name. That's like comparing John and Chibuzor. Get a brain.

you've prove my point u dumb thing, Cos someone's name is Yakubu doesnt make him Arab, Just as well someone's name is rotimi doesnt make him yoruba as they can be underlying reasons as why he/she was given that name which is independent of belonging to an ethnic group.

I grew up in warri and I have seen urhobo person answer okoro and chuba just as i have seen an igbo person answer the same name,

Na the ganja dey cloud ur senses ekpa

OYB_MEND:
I am from Ndoni in River State and I am also Igbo

All I ask is for Igbo brothers in the East to respect this truth no matter how small in number we may be.

My brother they do, I am not from the so called East (which i believe is a fake term used for division) but nevertheless I am 101% igbo and people from the so called east agree

sjeezy8:
what does "igbo" mean?

now u gon act like u dont know, it means weed, ganja, sensimila, claro    

Kobojunkie:
Ibos are people whose ancestry can be traced back to a geographical entity defined by boundaries and whose boundaries I am not sure are open to renegotiation.
Being ibo is hereditary same as being Nigerian. These words are collectives and you essentially apply the one same way you apply the other, only one is on a lower level than the other on the hierarchy.

And where exactly are these boundaries?

grafikdon:
Umuekpili is my language. I am Ekwulobia, not Igbo. 

very daft thing, Since when does the name of a village/community becomes the name of a tribe,

Very soon i will hear i am not igbo I am owerri or onitsha,

Please sound educated. there is no one igbo dialect, I have been amazed to see the degree of difference in pronunciation and words among igbos from different communities,

texazzpete:
If they don't want to be Igbo, why not let them? Why the hate? Abeg focus on more important things in life!

i couldnt have said it better,

Mr Nwa Afor e ne me nkpotu, Odi ihe Kennis ne me odiri gi mma biko hafu ha, Ah ah Ha na gwa mmadu?

bashdecash:
@Lagosboy,

i tire ooo my brother. is just the name "islamic" that is driving some people gaga.

why wouldnt it?

there is a track record for things termed "islamic" to be unfavorable to the so called kuffars.

boy t:
I still doubt the credibility of this Dimeji Bankole of a guy, he is biased and not fit for that post.
As for the above topic, Nigerians should see Yaradual as a forgotten issue. LIARS UPON LIARS .

Na today u know, Bankole is a joke, not even the elders talk good of him, Being one of the few young nigerians among those grand pa's in govt i thought he would be different, But nope the guy is just something else

lovemoi2:
bachelors in pussylogy 

masters in dickanatomy

phd in ashawo studies



still working on how to be a creative LovePeddler studies

na woman dey talk like this? Chai , chineke me' walahai i swear Nigerian girls una don spoil finish, nevertheless i like your qualifications

and frosbel who said anything about looking good?, no insult to somalis but i prefer my W.african peeps, I think they are the most beautiful people in the world

frosbel likewise i know lot of somalis in the States. Just because some are dark doesn't mean they aren't mixed. Go look at the history of the people in that area, Their association with arabs is not a 100 year affair we are talking of at least 1,000years,

Y0u can tell a real negroid by their hair and other facial attributes (not skin color). Somalis and ethiopians might pass the skin color test but sure dont pass the facial structure and hair test.

People we call arabs are not originally arabs, just because of the advent of islam and the usage of arabic that came with it, ,most middle east peeps start saying they are arabs, Imagine N sudan wey look like ethiopia dey claim arab?

cos we different pples

The problem i have is when a multireligious country wants to pursue an islamic banking policy as national economic policy, I dont give a rat ass about sharia banking, But we live in a multi religious country, so i dont think its governments business to promote any religious practices,

Christians are always gonna be suspicious of muslims whenever govt does something islamic and vice versa, So the best way is for govt to wash itself from preferring any religion and do things that are religion neutral

Hence govt assistance for pilgrimage whether to mecca or Jerusalem has to stop also

my friend shut up there, u guys, north sudan, ethipoia, djibouti et al are all arab mixed people, dont deny your heritage ,

semitic/cushitic you are

It is going to be sealed to the public, just as his whereabouts have been private so would this, cos he doesnt exist