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He carried himself to hell

tunde1200:
No do crime in anyway of life.

What gives this guy moral to travel go US in the first place.

Abi he thinks says US dey for go crime like here.

Gandollar and ko

To commit more crime

Crimecity:
https://dailymuck.com/fbi-arrests-man-as-he-lands-in-jfk-charged-with-wide-ranging-fraud/

Someone in Nairaland says “the finest houses in my area were built be people in diaspora” without knowing what they are into.

Yes there are some people abroad who build houses in Nigeria with their sweat and blood but there are also individuals who thrive on shady deals. Before you cite an example of anyone as the reason why you want to travel due to their lavish lifestyle, know what they do. Some use fronts like “importer and exporters “ to deceive people.

If you have someone that goes abroad and within 6 months, he’s building houses and buying cars, the likelihood of him being a criminal is very high.

haybhi1:
Your mates dey do well academically, innovatively and the likes, you dey dey do cybercrime upandan, giving Yorubas bad name. We don't support criminals in Yorubaland.

Yet you canvassed for the incumbent government. Hypocrisy at it's peak

hedonido:
There are thousands of Nigerian yahoo boys living in the same US who did this covid scam thing and are still actively yahooing, yet they haven't been all rounded up.

So I think the FBI either exploits mistakes on the part of the scammer or prioritises scammers with multi million dollar heists.

mistakes and the amount stolen...maybe those guys were below the $500k mark. Anything above $1m..or $10m. FBI will find you.

Crimecity:
This is an incredible story.

Dude committed "benefits" fraud in 2020 while in Nigeria, he was indicted in 2021. He continued to live free outside the US.

Fast forward, same guy willingly applied for a US visa, was granted and arrested on arrival in Aug, 2024.

The embassy staffs at the Lagos embassy knows he will b arrested upon arrival, but just didn't question him at all to encourage him to travel....

Na wa ooo

ericmor:
Nope, he never knew they could tracked him down. Most of those guys send their wives and kids abroad why they stay back enjoying nigeria olosho and clubing life

Right

cococandy:
Probably.

She might know of her husband’s shady dealings but if they can’t prove it in order to charge her as accomplice, then they don’t have a case against her. He probably sent her first to test the waters thinking US law enforcement is like Nigeria’s where people’s family members can be held accountable for what the person did. As the wife has been living free, he thought he’s in the clear

Sucks for him because he did all that and now she’s going to be living free to enjoy whatever part of is not confiscated while he languishes in prison.

He still would have been caught, even if he didn't go to the US. Most of the countries in the world are allies of the US. The Secret Service have a way of tracking his passport and any flight he books, in fact they must have been on his tail for like four years now. The fact is that he moving to the US made it easier for them, and saved them the cost of booking flights from New York to Dubai or Rome or Beijing.

Lampy336:
But then go still trace and monitor the man account down to his wifey and family for the fraud connection..

Cos USA go collect all there money for or as restitution..

Me trust the USA government..FBI no bi our own DSS here..

True but most Nigerian men don’t join finances with their wives. They prefer to give them cash and buy them stuff. That could be her saving her grace

True

Doylestown92:
He still would have been caught, even if he didn't go to the US. Most of the countries in the world are allies of the US. The Secret Service have a way of tracking his passport and any flight he books, in fact they must have been on his tail for like four years now. The fact is that he moving to the US made it easier for them, and saved them the cost of booking flights from New York to Dubai or Rome or Beijing.

noleflendum:
Ibo Amaka

Too much of gbegiri have block your sense

hedonido:
There are thousands of Nigerian yahoo boys living in the same US who did this covid scam thing and are still actively yahooing, yet they haven't been all rounded up.

So I think the FBI either exploits mistakes on the part of the scammer or prioritises scammers with multi million dollar heists.

Thousands, prove your statistics! You supporter of crime. It pains you that a criminal was apprehended.

RDP in the mud, nigga thought he was invisible

Crimecity:
This is an incredible story.

Dude committed "benefits" fraud in 2020 while in Nigeria, he was indicted in 2021. He continued to live free outside the US.

Fast forward, same guy willingly applied for a US visa, was granted and arrested on arrival in Aug, 2024.

Some people are just naturally stupid

It's amazing how these igbati gbati people are really brightening the nations image



AFONJAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Rot in jail bro, shebi u be stupid ni.

Crimecity:
https://dailymuck.com/fbi-arrests-man-as-he-lands-in-jfk-charged-with-wide-ranging-fraud/

Imagine the audacity….Some people Mumu oooo😃😃

He obviously didn't know he had been investigated and indicted in the US.He walked into the trap they set for him.These guys are destroying our reputation as a country. All countries have fraudsters but in our case,there are too many.

Crimecity:
This is an incredible story.

Dude committed "benefits" fraud in 2020 while in Nigeria, he was indicted in 2021. He continued to live free outside the US.

Fast forward, same guy willingly applied for a US visa, was granted and arrested on arrival in Aug, 2024.

The US Government needs to carryout a DNA text to be able to know his true status.

I doubt the name mentioned is his real name cos my investigation reveals his real name to be one CHUKWUDI.

I therefore urge the US authorities to urgently do a DNA

It's much more easy for any internet fraudster to be granted US visa fast......you are all on their wanted list unless na petty thief you be.



When you are applying for US visa ask your self a question "am I clean"

Crimecity:
https://dailymuck.com/fbi-arrests-man-as-he-lands-in-jfk-charged-with-wide-ranging-fraud/

A very big thumbs up for the US security agencies. Give them more visas and let them come and answer for their crimes. They make people that are working and earning legitimately look stupid

highchief1:
who tell u.most of the hotels u admire are owned by them.Not everyone is wasteful like u.

Is the man your role model?
Hand will soon touch you.
Lazy youth

cococandy:
Millions of dollars too

It’s insane. Do they not understand you can live a decent high quality lifestyle earning only a few hundred thousand a year? How then person hand go touch millions of dollars and they’ll just be stupid with it. Boggles my mind

What would one be doing with a million dollars especially the one you never worked for. That's why they live flamboyantly like the head gang of armed robbers. Kudos once again to the US border patrol for their dutiful job if separating them good from the bad. Meanwhile they also go to Dubai and all these African countries for holidays . Abeg find them for there and collect una money from them before they finish it.

Four years ago, the United States and the world were in the grips of the COVID pandemic. While there were many heroes in that battle, there were also villains.

A_visual_of_a_person_in_handcuffs_with_a_passport_in_a_back_pocket_represents_Yomi_Olayeye_who_the_FBI_arrested_for_allegedly_participating_in_a_wide-ranging_fraud_The_Daily_Muck
One of those alleged villains is Yomi Jones “Sabbie” Olayeye, a 40-year-old Nigerian accused of seeking $10 million in fraudulent unemployment benefits and receiving $1.5 million in pandemic relief payments, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts said in an Aug. 19 press release.

Arrested Upon Landing in New York
Olayeye was arrested by Secret Service agents on Aug. 13 upon arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. He has since been transferred from the Eastern District of New York to the District of Massachusetts jurisdiction for further court proceedings, the Massachusetts office said.

Olayeye and another unnamed Nigerian national were indicted in September 2020 on one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors allege that from March to July 2020, Olayeke and his co-conspirator filed false claims under traditional Unemployment Assistance (UI), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) administered by the unemployment departments of Massachusetts, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Montana, Maine, Ohio and Washington, according to a signed flight risk letter submitted to the court and obtained by The Daily Muck.

A_federal_court_has_charged_Yomi_Jones_Sabbie_Olayeye_with_multiple_fraud_counts_The_Daily_Muck
A federal court has charged Yomi Jones “Sabbie” Olayeye with multiple fraud counts of pandemic paycheck protection (PPP) programs, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Muck.
In an Aug. 14 letter to the U.S. magistrate in Brooklyn, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Olayeye’s “co-defendant remains at large.”

Olayeye Used Stolen Identity Data to Pose as Eligible Residents
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Olayeye and his co-conspirator allegedly used personally identifiable information (PII) purchased via criminal internet forums to pretend to be eligible state residents and apply for the pandemic relief assistance. The fraudsters also allegedly used that information to open bank accounts and prepaid debit cards to receive the payments.

The indictment claims the conspirators individuals with U.S. bank accounts – whom they called “clients” – to receive the fraudulent unemployment payments and wire the money to Nigeria. The group rented space on a U.S. server to file the claims to hide their connection with Nigeria.

On Aug. 20, a federal judge in Brooklyn ordered Olayeye to be transferred to Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, R.I., while his case is handled in Boston.

Olayeye Allegedly Lied on Visa Application
In arguing the defendant not be granted bail, the New York U.S. Attorney’s Office noted, among other factors, that Olayeye was denied a non-immigrant visa in 2017 and “falsely stated on his current visa application that he had never been refused a U.S. visa. His lack of candor with U.S. authorities undercuts any suggestion that he would be truthful with the United States Probation and Pretrial Services Office tasked with supervising his conditions of release.”

In the Aug. 14 “flight risk” letter to the court, Eastern New York U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said Olayeye had never been in the U.S. until August 13, when he was arrested at the airport upon arrival. The prosecutor noted Olayeye’s wife and children arrived in this country in April and the wife has temporary employment with a human services agency.

“The evidence against the defendant is also particularly compelling,” Peace wrote. “The
government intends to prove the defendant’s guilt at trial using, among other things, the contents of his own e-mail and other social media accounts, which establish both his connections to his co-defendant and his control of significant quantities of PII tied to pandemic and other species of fraud.”

Facing Decades in Prison
If convicted, Olayeye could face 20 years in prison on each count of wire fraud and conspiracy both carry maximum sentences of 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release, the Massachusetts office noted in its press release. The court can also impose a hefty fine and require forfeiture of ill-gotten gains and restitution to victims.

The aggravated identity theft offense has a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison, which would be added to the wire fraud sentence.

On Aug. 26, U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley took under advisement the matter of whether Olayeye would remain in custody or be allowed bond pending trial.

This case is being pursued under the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force established by the attorney general in May 2021 to combat and prevent pandemic-related fraud. The Department of Justice provides more information on its response to pandemic-related fraud at https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus and https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus/combatingfraud.

The DOJ asks anyone having or needing information about possible fraud to visit its NCDF website and access its complaint form.

The information contained in the indictment and other court documents are only allegations and not proof of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

If the Americans continue like these, then, I can comfortably assume alot of BEC genuies will be put away soon!

Bigkoko:
Four years ago, the United States and the world were in the grips of the COVID pandemic. While there were many heroes in that battle, there were also villains.

A_visual_of_a_person_in_handcuffs_with_a_passport_in_a_back_pocket_represents_Yomi_Olayeye_who_the_FBI_arrested_for_allegedly_participating_in_a_wide-ranging_fraud_The_Daily_Muck
One of those alleged villains is Yomi Jones “Sabbie” Olayeye, a 40-year-old Nigerian accused of seeking $10 million in fraudulent unemployment benefits and receiving $1.5 million in pandemic relief payments, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Massachusetts said in an Aug. 19 press release.

Arrested Upon Landing in New York
Olayeye was arrested by Secret Service agents on Aug. 13 upon arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. He has since been transferred from the Eastern District of New York to the District of Massachusetts jurisdiction for further court proceedings, the Massachusetts office said.

Olayeye and another unnamed Nigerian national were indicted in September 2020 on one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors allege that from March to July 2020, Olayeke and his co-conspirator filed false claims under traditional Unemployment Assistance (UI), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) administered by the unemployment departments of Massachusetts, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Montana, Maine, Ohio and Washington, according to a signed flight risk letter submitted to the court and obtained by The Daily Muck.

A_federal_court_has_charged_Yomi_Jones_Sabbie_Olayeye_with_multiple_fraud_counts_The_Daily_Muck
A federal court has charged Yomi Jones “Sabbie” Olayeye with multiple fraud counts of pandemic paycheck protection (PPP) programs, according to court documents obtained by The Daily Muck.
In an Aug. 14 letter to the U.S. magistrate in Brooklyn, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Olayeye’s “co-defendant remains at large.”

Olayeye Used Stolen Identity Data to Pose as Eligible Residents
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Olayeye and his co-conspirator allegedly used personally identifiable information (PII) purchased via criminal internet forums to pretend to be eligible state residents and apply for the pandemic relief assistance. The fraudsters also allegedly used that information to open bank accounts and prepaid debit cards to receive the payments.

The indictment claims the conspirators individuals with U.S. bank accounts – whom they called “clients” – to receive the fraudulent unemployment payments and wire the money to Nigeria. The group rented space on a U.S. server to file the claims to hide their connection with Nigeria.

On Aug. 20, a federal judge in Brooklyn ordered Olayeye to be transferred to Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, R.I., while his case is handled in Boston.

Olayeye Allegedly Lied on Visa Application
In arguing the defendant not be granted bail, the New York U.S. Attorney’s Office noted, among other factors, that Olayeye was denied a non-immigrant visa in 2017 and “falsely stated on his current visa application that he had never been refused a U.S. visa. His lack of candor with U.S. authorities undercuts any suggestion that he would be truthful with the United States Probation and Pretrial Services Office tasked with supervising his conditions of release.”

In the Aug. 14 “flight risk” letter to the court, Eastern New York U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said Olayeye had never been in the U.S. until August 13, when he was arrested at the airport upon arrival. The prosecutor noted Olayeye’s wife and children arrived in this country in April and the wife has temporary employment with a human services agency.

“The evidence against the defendant is also particularly compelling,” Peace wrote. “The
government intends to prove the defendant’s guilt at trial using, among other things, the contents of his own e-mail and other social media accounts, which establish both his connections to his co-defendant and his control of significant quantities of PII tied to pandemic and other species of fraud.”

Facing Decades in Prison
If convicted, Olayeye could face 20 years in prison on each count of wire fraud and conspiracy both carry maximum sentences of 20 years in prison and three years of supervised release, the Massachusetts office noted in its press release. The court can also impose a hefty fine and require forfeiture of ill-gotten gains and restitution to victims.

The aggravated identity theft offense has a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison, which would be added to the wire fraud sentence.

On Aug. 26, U.S. Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley took under advisement the matter of whether Olayeye would remain in custody or be allowed bond pending trial.

This case is being pursued under the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force established by the attorney general in May 2021 to combat and prevent pandemic-related fraud. The Department of Justice provides more information on its response to pandemic-related fraud at https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus and https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus/combatingfraud.

The DOJ asks anyone having or needing information about possible fraud to visit its NCDF website and access its complaint form.

The information contained in the indictment and other court documents are only allegations and not proof of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Crimecity:
This is an incredible story.

Dude committed "benefits" fraud in 2020 while in Nigeria, he was indicted in 2021. He continued to live free outside the US.

Fast forward, same guy willingly applied for a US visa, was granted and arrested on arrival in Aug, 2024.

You think Village Pipu are joking?

Mr Sabbie no sabi

Amuluonyenaego:
YOMI OLAYEYE

One of our prodigal vagabond sons

Amuluonyenaego:
YOMI OLAYEYE

He is our son, but we are not proud of him, in fact, we will send Sango to strike him

Where is Abike to loud this one? Yorubas are into fraud and gangsterism overseas while the Igbos dabble into drug trafficking. As soon as I saw the headline I knew it was a yoruba man and if I see a Nigerian commiting drug crimes in the far east I know it must be an igbo man.

cococandy:
Millions of dollars too

It’s insane. Do they not understand you can live a decent high quality lifestyle earning only a few hundred thousand a year? How then person hand go touch millions of dollars and they’ll just be stupid with it. Boggles my mind

When you have low self esteem,there is nothing you can't do to impress yourselve that you have arrived.
That thing kills the human in anybody that has it.

Lexusgs430:
He fell into an open trap.....

Let's hope he said his bye bye's, before departing Nigeria........
🤣😂🇳🇬


This scammers no get sense at all, what did he think ESTA was used for........ 😂😭

What is ESTA?