femi4wonders:


Congratulations! Is it early in the morning?

koolkamzzy:

I just spoke to one of the Customer care guy and he informed that June appointment date is fully booked and I have to keep checking on the website for when July sit will open.. he can't even tell when it will be, he just said to keep checking!

femi4wonders:


Have you gotten a date ?

koolkamzzy:

This Booking site has been acting up. Been up yesterday night from 11pm keep saying "there are no open sit available for selected center"
Quite frustrating.

femi4wonders:

Why don't you try it late at night or very early in the morning before 9am weekdays

femi4wonders:


Can't see anything

femi4wonders:


Can't see anything

femi4wonders:


I booked an appointment and submitted on the 27th of May.
Hope I am safe ?

bbclue:
April 17th yet no update from UK embassy

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Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Southern District of New York
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, April 25, 2019
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.

Attachment(s):
Download adelekan_et_al._indictment_19_cr._291_redacted.pdf
Topic(s):
Financial Fraud
Component(s):
USAO - New York, Southern
Press Release Number:
19-131
Updated April 25, 2019
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adesugarlove:


I am super super happy and super super grateful

For my 5 years Visa.

And there were mistakes in my child's visa. someone else name was written in it

Visa remarks shows to be accompanied by someone else..



IMPORTANT NOTICE

PLEASE CHECK THAT THE DETAILS ON YOUR VISA ARE CORRECT BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO TRAVEL TO AVOID BEING DENIED BOARDING.

IMAGINE IF I WERE TO BE TRAVELLING THIS WEEK

But anyways....

Am still happy happy...

TonyyS:


when you sponsored ur parent with 3 months statements, did ur parent add their own bank statement?

chukyrooy:
Good Day Everybody,

Please would be renewing my uk visa soon with a mid June intended date of travel. This would be my fifth renewal but would like to ask some questions, because each application must be treated carefully.

1. I would like to print a 4 months statement(just to show my salary) as opposed to 6 months, because of certain deposits prior, would it fly? I can sponsor myself as i have over 1m in the account and I am not spending up to 2 months of my disposable income. However, I am a director of the family business and that is the account I always use as the sponsors account, i would be printing 6 months of that one. Hope it is okay.

2. I heard that TB test should be included, pls how does the TB test work, can i get it from any hospital or only government approved.

smatadex:
Please I need help, is this how the timeline looks like. My agent is helping me with the processing

oluayebenz:


Who will rent out his house for somebody on visiting visa?
Or u mean a single room in d house?

Which bank will open a savings/chequing account for a visitor ?

skdfu747:
Most people will not be honest with you.

Just as the title is stated “Visitor Visa” that is all it is.

It is strictly for visiting only and nothing else.

1. You cannot study in a university in Canada using a visitor visa.
2. You cannot get any job in Canada with a visitor visa. (No employer in Canada is ready to risk a penalty from the government.)
3. You cannot rent a house in Canada with visitor visa.
4. You cannot open a Canadian bank account with a visitor visa.

Canada is very strict and almost impossible to manipulate the system.

A lot of people are trapped in Canada thinking visitor visa can be converted to something else but it is already too late as they were lied to and given false hope before they arrived.

seunhandsome:


Somebody should please help with an answer to this question, with a valid visiting visa to canada, is it adviseable to gain admission into a university while in canada on a visiting visa, and can i get a work permit ?

rotadota:
I have been having this discomfort in my anus for almost five years now, it bites my anus and makes me uncomfortable. I've gone to doctors upon doctors, they end up packing drugs for me to take still yet nothing has changed.

The last doctor I went to, I suggested surgery to him cause I read about it online, he packed drugs for me and told me to come back if nothing changed. I know he will still pack drugs for me.

Please has anyone here suffered this pile of a thing, if yes pls suggest to me what you used in curing it please.

ekpanbaghi:


1. There is no best time to apply. Its Summer Application Season (Peak Period), so apply 90 days to your travel date.

2. For the Insurance, kindly ensure that you get it from the companies recognized by the Embassy.

3. Justify the purpose of the Visit by booking for a tour like L'Open Tour or free ones like Sandeman's Walking Tour.

4. Don't forget to book your hotel preferably in City Centre or around Gare du Nord or Sacre Coeur Area. If you decide to pay, consider hotels that allow free cancellations.

Goodluck

Beautyaddy:


Point of correction.

The stamping of passport are no longer usually done.

Your passport will be scanned to confirm your valid visa and entry into Canada.

seunhandsome:


Yes i have Canada Visa. Thank you for this prompt response. I intend to go by Land. Greyhound. Hope it will be stamped even if its Land entry.

Infiosa:
Hello good people,

I got a mail from UKVI very early this morning and I got another mail from TLS that my passports are ready collection.

I have collected our passports a few minutes ago with visas granted. Thank you all for your meaningful information.

raymege:


Minimum 5 working days, not 3 days. Your Passport would likely not even leave VFS for the Visa Office till the next day

Bimsebony:
Hello Everyone,
please I just got a mail to submit my passport for the visiting visa stamping. I will like to know how long it will take to get the passport back at vfs.
Need the passport back asap for other commitments.
Thanks

dgoodrich101:
Hello Gurus In the House Thank you for the great Job.

I applied for 10days visiting visa to UK for tourism with my daughter and was denied visa I really dont understand and will appreciate if gurus in the house can help out on the what next to do

"You state that you are employed by XYZ company as a senior marketing officer earning a monthly income of N221,220 (471.222 Oanda exchange rate £1 = 469.062NGN) and that you have no other income or saving I. support of this, you have submitted letter in regards to your employment,payslips and bank statementsYou also state you intend to spend £1000 and that you spent N47850 £102.02) on a monthly living. Giving this I note the amount you intend to spend on your visit to the UK is approximately 3 times your monthly disposable income. Therefore I am not satisfied that your current financial circumstances are proportional to the financial outlay for your proposed visit.

@justwise your advise on the right step to take will be really appreciated I have a closing saving account of N1.8M the bank account serve as both my salary and saving account. And their is no large sum i have traveller out to France with my daughter for Holiday before last year, also I think where I made mistake was when asked do I have any other investment or saving I chooced No but when I submitted I submitted my Real Estate C of O and also my Zenith bank shares.and I actually budgeted £1000 for the trip because I will be paying for both the hotel and ticket from the amount.please help can I apply again or just let them be.

vozkini:
Went to collect my processed application for France. Visa denied. Me and my wife and my daughter. Among 8 persons that pick processed france. None was issued a visa. Any body planning may consider other Schengen countries seems france don’t need tourist in their country again.