A syndicate of Nigerian unemployment fraudsters has been busted by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in the United States, court documents seen by Peoples Gazette said.

The suspects, identified in court filings as Quazeem Owolabi Adeyinka, Ayodeji Jonathan Sangode and Olamide Yusuf Bakare, were broken up last week, with authorities saying they stole over $2.6 million in bogus unemployment insurance claims.

The suspected Internet crooks used an address in Hyattsville, Maryland, to rake in about $1.4 million in unemployment benefits from California, Arizona, Maryland and North Carolina. At least $1.2 million of the theft was received from California’s Employment Development Department alone, according to court records seen by The Gazette.

They filed about 200 unemployment claims with California’s EDD using a single address on 75th Avenue in Hyattsville, and the department was deceived into approving 97 of the claims, according to a complaint filed by John C. Collins, a special agent with the U.S. Department of Labor. Mr Collins said the ring was jointly investigated by the FBI, Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General and state law enforcement authorities.

“Based on the size of the apartment, the investigation has concluded that a high number of UI applications associated with this address is unreasonable, and thus an indicator of fraudulent activity. “(Bank of America) records show that 142 UI claim profiles using the 75th Avenue apartment address issued a total of 175 prepaid cards from the states of Arizona, California, Maryland, and North Carolina,” Mr Collins said in the complaint filed in California.

There were several attempts to claim bogus unemployment insurance using the same address from Hawaii, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Texas, Washington and West Virginia, court records say.

The suspects filed claims that they had lost jobs as an accountant, dance therapist, computer consultant, librarian or other occupations, and used untraceable IP addresses, the complaint said.

Federal authorities said they observed that international scammers and con artists were taking advantage of the high volume of COVID-19 cheques being sent out to cushion the effect of the pandemic amongst Americans.

It was not immediately clear whether or not the suspects had contacted their lawyers. The development marked the latest in an increasing spate of arrests being made by U.S. authorities over fictitious unemployment claims and other fraudulent activities linked to Nigerians.

In May, the FBI held Bidemi Rufai, an appointee of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State while trying to fly to Nigeria out of New York. He has since been remanded in prison.

In July last year, Ramon Abbas, widely known as Hushpuppi, was arrested in Dubai and extradited to the U.S. to answer years of Internet fraud activities targeted at Americans. He has also remained in custody.

In 2019, Nigerian businessmen Obinwanne Okeke of Invictus Group and Allen Onyema of Air Peace Limited were indicted on charges of multimillion-dollar fraud. Mr Okeke has since been convicted and sentenced to prison; while Mr Onyema’s case has been pending before a federal court in Atlanta, Georgia.

https://gazettengr.com/fbi-busts-nigerian-internet-syndicate-over-multimillion-dollar-fraud/

This exactly shows that crime knows no tribe
But I don't expect much fanfare on this thread since is not the tribe you all love to hate.

Funny a thing these ones too will be claiming working hard and smart. Inside life

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You mean South West miscreants

Name checkers over to you

Developers

No wonder they were wailing and crying for Huspuppu a known criminal to come and save them from the tensioning of a known business man.


That tribe really glorify criminal activities and fraud.

Oh my Gosh


This same people have made going to USA a serious challenge.

They have made online business men and women to use another passport.

This people have made foriegners to hate Nigerians


What is wrong with the same people who always do fraudulent things and steal people's moneym

Crime no dey pay forever

Ewo

Crime doesn't pay

In 2019, Nigerian businessmen Obinwanne Okeke of Invictus Group and Allen Onyema of Air Peace Limited were indicted on charges of multimillion-dollar fraud. Mr Okeke has since been convicted and sentenced to prison; while Mr Onyema’s case has been pending before a federal court in Atlanta, Georgia.


cc furious1
I told you Onyema is on FBI's most wanted list.


-erase the dot

See there flat heads. This are not yoluba guys at all.

The shape of their heads clearly shows they Igbos in the Development departement

Igbos given Nigeria is very bad name abroad.

Fulani imbeciles have hijacked the thread o. Take note. No real onye dot is insulting a full tribe because of the crimes of a few.

The cankerworms are here to stir up a tribal war as usual.

Yorubas learning the ropes from their brothers

My Yoruba brothers keep disgracing themselves upandan.
A friend of mine who stays in the UK told me that once you're a Yoruba man trying to enter the UK with a Yoruba name there's 95% probability you will be denied entry because of the internet fraud our Yoruba people are known for in the UK.
Egba mi nitori Olohun!

Confirmedzombie:
See there flat heads. This are not yoluba guys at all.

The shape of their heads clearly shows they Igbos in the Development departement

Igbos given Nigeria is very bad name abroad.

That ur monicker suits you fine. Common English you can't write for pple to understand, but somehow, ur biggest problem in life is IPOB. No go suck cow milk take calm ur embittered soul.

Keep piercing our eyes with this cut and join jargons you writing here.

GodHatesBigots:
Yoruba people keep disgracing us abroad

That’s why the Nigerian passport has no value !

Thiefnubus grand children.

No body thief reach osu shitgbo in Nigeria

They want to shine pass their papa, see how we are working multiple jobs to survive these murdafucker messing our reputation up.

LamidiCownu:

No body thief reach osu shitgbo in Nigeria

You guys are the pioneers of fraud from Oluwole in the 70s and 80s.

lol, why did they include an unrelated Onyema in the story?

I wonder if they were going to use the money to sponsor Revolution in Naija...


Of course, probably not..

Now seem them

That is how they keep soiling our name. If no be Igbos na Yorubas.

NwaNimo1:
A syndicate of Nigerian unemployment fraudsters has been busted by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies in the United States, court documents seen by Peoples Gazette said.

The suspects, identified in court filings as Quazeem Owolabi Adeyinka, Ayodeji Jonathan Sangode and Olamide Yusuf Bakare, were broken up last week, with authorities saying they stole over $2.6 million in bogus unemployment insurance claims.

The suspected Internet crooks used an address in Hyattsville, Maryland, to rake in about $1.4 million in unemployment benefits from California, Arizona, Maryland and North Carolina. At least $1.2 million of the theft was received from California’s Employment Development Department alone, according to court records seen by The Gazette.

They filed about 200 unemployment claims with California’s EDD using a single address on 75th Avenue in Hyattsville, and the department was deceived into approving 97 of the claims, according to a complaint filed by John C. Collins, a special agent with the U.S. Department of Labor. Mr Collins said the ring was jointly investigated by the FBI, Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General and state law enforcement authorities.

“Based on the size of the apartment, the investigation has concluded that a high number of UI applications associated with this address is unreasonable, and thus an indicator of fraudulent activity. “(Bank of America) records show that 142 UI claim profiles using the 75th Avenue apartment address issued a total of 175 prepaid cards from the states of Arizona, California, Maryland, and North Carolina,” Mr Collins said in the complaint filed in California.

There were several attempts to claim bogus unemployment insurance using the same address from Hawaii, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Texas, Washington and West Virginia, court records say.

The suspects filed claims that they had lost jobs as an accountant, dance therapist, computer consultant, librarian or other occupations, and used untraceable IP addresses, the complaint said.

Federal authorities said they observed that international scammers and con artists were taking advantage of the high volume of COVID-19 cheques being sent out to cushion the effect of the pandemic amongst Americans.

It was not immediately clear whether or not the suspects had contacted their lawyers. The development marked the latest in an increasing spate of arrests being made by U.S. authorities over fictitious unemployment claims and other fraudulent activities linked to Nigerians.

In May, the FBI held Bidemi Rufai, an appointee of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State while trying to fly to Nigeria out of New York. He has since been remanded in prison.

In July last year, Ramon Abbas, widely known as Hushpuppi, was arrested in Dubai and extradited to the U.S. to answer years of Internet fraud activities targeted at Americans. He has also remained in custody.

In 2019, Nigerian businessmen Obinwanne Okeke of Invictus Group and Allen Onyema of Air Peace Limited were indicted on charges of multimillion-dollar fraud. Mr Okeke has since been convicted and sentenced to prison; while Mr Onyema’s case has been pending before a federal court in Atlanta, Georgia.

https://gazettengr.com/fbi-busts-nigerian-internet-syndicate-over-multimillion-dollar-fraud/

Na dem

Emmypure:
Developers

idiot

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funny how this thread won't see front page cos it is not igbos