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FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Nobody: 6:53am On Aug 05, 2017 |
A Nigerian, Daniel Adekunle Ojo, who had spent less than 14 months in the United States, has been arrested in Durham, North Carolina and charged with fraud and identity theft offences The offences stemmed from Ojo’s phishing scheme, using an AOL and GMail email accounts that targeted school districts in Connecticut and Minnesota in an effort to get employees’ personal information and file bogus tax returns. His arrest was announced Friday by Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation in New England Following his arrest at his Durham residence, Ojo appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge in Greensboro, N.C., and was ordered detained pending his transfer to the District of Connecticut. Prosecutors said a school district employeein Glastonbury, Connecticut, received an email in February that appeared to be sent by another employee, who asked for tax information for 1,600 school district workers. The worker who received the email then forwarded the information, which was used in the scheme to file 122 bogus tax returns seeking nearly $600,000 in refunds, authorities said. Officials said the Internal Revenue Service processed about six of the fake returns andelectronically deposited nearly $37,000 in refunds to various bank accounts. Investigators linked the email sent to the employee to Ojo, prosecutors said. Officials also believe Ojo was involved in similar email schemes targeting school districts in Groton, Connecticut, and Bloomington, Minnesota. In March, a Groton school employee emailed tax information of 1,300 employees in response to an email that appeared to be from the superintendent of schools. Authorities said the information was used to file about 66 fraudulent tax returns seeking about $364,000 in refunds.Officials said the fake returns weren’t processed because they had been flagged as being part of an identity theft scheme after school employees discovered the problem. Prosecutors also said they linked the email account used by Ojo to a similar scam that obtained tax information for about 2,800 school employees in Bloomington earlier this year. Eric Placke, a federal public defender in North Carolina who represented Ojo only forhis initial court appearance, declined to comment Friday. It’s not clear who Ojo’s attorney will be in Connecticut. Authorities said Ojo entered the U.S. in May2016 on a visitor’s visa and failed to leave on his scheduled departure date in June 2016. Daly urged the public to double-check links and email addresses before clicking on and responding to them, to avoid becoming an identity theft victim. source:http://punchng.com/fbi-arrests-nigerian-adekunle-ojo-for-identity-theft/ 1 Share
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Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Josephjnr(m): 6:55am On Aug 05, 2017 |
Wahala dey. 2 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by SeunFirstSon: 6:59am On Aug 05, 2017 |
How NCAN members would Storm this thread 74 Likes 4 Shares
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Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Prevho: 7:02am On Aug 05, 2017 |
Barawo 2 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by purityval(m): 7:06am On Aug 05, 2017 |
A swear I didnt come to check name..... Just wanted to read the newss. 37 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by smartty68(m): 7:15am On Aug 05, 2017 |
Ok! The name sounds like the people from a particular region where skull is used as their emblem. 94 Likes 6 Shares
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Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Nobody: 7:16am On Aug 05, 2017 |
Nawa o, must it be only us 23 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Evablizin(f): 7:21am On Aug 05, 2017 |
Not disappointed 13 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Ncsamuel(m): 7:39am On Aug 05, 2017 |
AFONJA WHY?WHY?WHY? 48 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Evablizin(f): 8:37am On Aug 05, 2017 |
Eleniyan231:Because it's always us that knows how to run this shiit called wire wire 27 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by IgboticGirl(f): 10:03am On Aug 05, 2017 |
just 14 months in US ? even FBI know say Afonjas are scammers what will happen if he stays 2 years afonja are naturally criminals including their yahoo yahoo obas 64 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by smartty68(m): 10:48am On Aug 05, 2017 |
Evablizin:Lol! 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by smartty68(m): 10:51am On Aug 05, 2017 |
IgboticGirl:The victim here likely have spent more than a year in the US |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Suspect33(m): 12:05pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
After much research, i've realised whats wrong with dem Afonjas, on the right part of their brain, there is nothing left and on the left side there is nothing right 81 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Cladez(m): 12:05pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
Crimes everywhere 30 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by orjikuramo(m): 12:05pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
Name checkers from d East will be so relieved. Wishing there's a way we can rid Nairaland off tribal jabs n hate speech. What we say against each tribe does turn arewa or ipob threats to child play. 3 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by YelloweWest: 12:05pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
:-X2 |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by vesselchino(f): 12:05pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
End time people |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by xquire(m): 12:05pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
Checked |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Reminez(m): 12:06pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
Crime no pay...but he's better than the idiots and pigs developing Asia with white powder 5 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Emperor119(m): 12:06pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
Am not surprised 2 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by NobleAngell(f): 12:07pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
Ole ni. Don't sentence him o, that will be like sending him to an amusement park. No greater punishment than deportation. I'm sure he will pick life sentence over deportation back to his country. 4 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by BuariCopyPaste: 12:07pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
Those who supported Buhari despite his criminal Certificate Forgery are the cause of Daniel Ade Ojo's ignorance. Daniel Ade Ojo is not a criminal gauging from Nigerian standard. He just came from a Nation where a Certificate Thief is made president so he's a victim of societal ruin. 23 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Silentscreamer(f): 12:07pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
frm skull mining to fraud.. Still waiting to see one good thing frm our afonja brothers. 19 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Nobody: 12:07pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
NCAN reporting live from Honolulu, Hawaii! 3 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Reminez(m): 12:08pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
BuariCopyPaste:Receive sense . |
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Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Factfinder1(m): 12:08pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
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Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by siegfried99(m): 12:09pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
Chai 2 Likes |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by Reminez(m): 12:09pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
YelloweWest:Just in case |
Re: FBI Arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo For Identity Theft by medolab90(m): 12:09pm On Aug 05, 2017 |
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