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Nationwide Identity Theft and IRS Tax Fraud Scheme Results in Federal Prison Sentences

Personally identifiable information of thousands of taxpayers used to file false federal income tax returns seeking $48 million in refunds from the IRS

MEDFORD, Ore. – On Thursday, May 18, 2017, United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken sentenced Oluwatobi Reuben Dehinbo, 32, and Oluwaseunara Temitope Osanyinbi, 36, both from Nigeria and the Atlanta area, to federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud and mail fraud. Dehinbo was sentenced to 108 months and Osanyinbi was sentenced to 72 months. Both defendants are subject to a two-year mandatory minimum for possessing or using a victim’s identity to commit a fraud. Dehinbo and Osanyinbi were ordered to pay $2.7 million and $876,161 in restitution respectively. Having been convicted of aggravated felonies, both defendants will be subject to deportation upon completion of their prison sentences.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/nationwide-identity-theft-and-irs-tax-fraud-scheme-results-federal-prison-sentences

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Well not a good development. The sentence is going to run concurrently. Even with that they will spend a minimum of 10 years in prison.

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Monday, April 17, 2017
Nigerian Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking and Fraud Scheme

UTICA, NEW YORK – Obinna Obioha, age 31, and a citizen of Nigeria, pled guilty today to wire fraud, and admitted to participating in a scheme to hack into computers and email accounts in the United States for the purpose of stealing money from American companies.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Vadim D. Thomas, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

As part of his guilty plea, Obioha admitted that, while in Nigeria, he worked with others to hack into computers and email accounts used by dozens of victims in the United States and around the world. After monitoring victims’ information to identify imminent commercial transactions, Obioha and his associates created knockoff email addresses that appeared similar to – but varied slightly from – victims’ legitimate email addresses.

Obioha and his associates then used those bogus email accounts to send fraudulent invoices to victims, instructing them to wire funds to bank accounts controlled by Obioha and his associates, under the pretense that the wires were payments for actual deals that had been previously negotiated by the victims. Obioha admitted that between January and September 2016, he was involved in at least 50 wire transfers, and that about $6.5 million was sent to the bank accounts that he and his associates controlled. The accounts received money from fraud victims in New York, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, and Texas, among other places.

Obioha was arrested on October 6, 2016, after flying from Lagos, Nigeria, to JFK International Airport. He has been in custody since that time.

United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian said: “Foreign criminal enterprises prey upon American businesses and are using increasingly sophisticated means to do so, as demonstrated by this scheme. Obioha’s apprehension and conviction is a reminder that foreign nationals targeting American businesses cannot operate with impunity and that the reach of U.S. law enforcement agencies is global.”

“The FBI plays the long game,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Vadim D. Thomas. “Today's plea is proof that no matter how distant justice may seem, no matter where criminal enterprises may operate, the FBI and our law enforcement partners are committed to securing justice for our businesses and communities.”

Obioha faces up to 20 years in prison and a maximum $250,000 fine, as well as the possibility of being ordered to pay restitution, when he is sentenced on July 26, 2017 by United States District Judge David N. Hurd. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/nigerian-man-pleads-guilty-hacking-and-fraud-scheme

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Nigerian Citizen Indicted on Charges of Theft of Government Funds

St. Louis, MO – Olusola Luke, 38, a citizen of Nigeria and resident of Guatemala, was ordered held and transferred to St. Louis for further proceedings on an Indictment charging him with conspiracy and theft of government funds in connection with a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud scheme he and others are alleged to have perpetrated between 2013 and 2015.

“Investigating refund fraud and identity theft is a priority for IRS Criminal Investigation,” said Karl Stiften, Special Agent in Charge. “Stealing identities and filing false tax returns is a serious crime that hurts innocent taxpayers. The arrest of Mr. Luke should serve as a strong warning to those who are considering similar conduct.”

According to the Indictment, Luke and others misused the identifiers of dozens of individuals to seek and obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funds by filing false tax returns in the names of the identity theft victims. The Indictment alleges Luke and his co-conspirators sought more than $734,000 in refunds. Luke was arrested at Dulles International Airport late on the evening of April 6, 2017 and was taken into custody by the United States Marshals Service at that time. Today, he waived his right to a detention hearing in the Eastern District of Virginia and agreed to be transferred to St. Louis in custody to answer for the charges.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/nigerian-citizen-indicted-charges-theft-government-funds

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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Company Indicted For Health Care Fraud and Related Offenses

Defendant Accused of Billing D.C. Medicaid for Supplies That Were Not Provided

WASHINGTON – Emeka H. Chijioke, 40, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., and Nigeria, has been indicted on charges alleging that he schemed to defraud the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program out of more than $2 million.

The indictment was announced by U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips, Andrew Vale, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Nicholas DiGiulio, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), for the region that includes Washington, D.C.

The indictment was unsealed on April 7, 2017, and Chijioke pled not guilty at his arraignment last week. A status hearing in the case has been set for April 19 before the Honorable Senior Judge Paul L. Friedman.

Chijioke was arrested in December 2016 in Germany and extradited to the United States last week. The 21-count indictment charges him with one count of health care fraud, nine counts of making false statements related to health care matters, seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of engaging in a monetary transaction with proceeds of specified unlawful activity in an amount greater than $10,000, and one count of first-degree theft. The indictment also includes a forfeiture allegation seeking all proceeds that can be traced to the fraud scheme.

According to the indictment, Chijioke was the majority owner, registered agent, and chief executive officer of Mead Medical Group, LLC, a durable medical equipment company organized in Maryland. Mead Medical provided medical equipment supplies, including incontinence supplies and garments, to District of Columbia Medicaid recipients.

As alleged in the indictment, from 2008 through 2012, Chijioke engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicaid out of more than $2 million and unjustly enriched himself by billing Medicaid for incontinence supplies that were not provided. The indictment alleges that Chijioke used some of the proceeds from his fraudulent scheme to purchase vehicles. According to the indictment, Chijioke instructed his office staff to contact the Medicaid recipients to determine from them the actual amount of incontinence supplies they needed, and to provide them with those supplies. At the same time, the indictment alleges, Chijioke hired a billing company to submit claims to the Medicaid contractor as if the maximum amount of supplies were provided to the recipients rather than the actual amount supplied. By arranging for the maximum amount of incontinence supplies to be billed, rather than the amount actually provided, Chijioke obtained money which he was not entitled to receive from Medicaid.

An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws and every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty.

In announcing the charges, U.S. Attorney Phillips, Assistant Director in Charge Vale, and Special Agent in Charge DiGiulio expressed appreciation for the work performed by Special Agents from the FBI and HHS OIG. They also acknowledged the efforts of those who are working on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane Lucas of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section; Assistant U.S. Attorney Kondi Kleinman of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section; former Assistant U.S. Attorney Lionel André; Paralegal Specialists Christopher Toms and Jessica Mundi; former Paralegal Specialists Corinne Kleinman and Kaitlyn Kruger, and Litigation Technology Specialist Claudia Gutierrez. Finally, they commended the work of Assistant U.S. Attorney Virginia Cheatham, who investigated the case and obtained the indictment.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/owner-durable-medical-equipment-company-indicted-health-care-fraud-and-related-offenses

Thursday, March 30, 2017
Home Health Agency Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiring in $17 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Largest Provider Attendant Services Fraud in Texas History

The owner and operator of five Houston-area home health agencies pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare and the State of Texas’s Medicaid-funded Home and Community-Based Service and Primary Home Care programs of more than $17 million. He also pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money. These health care programs provided qualified individuals with in-home attendant and community-based services that are known commonly as “provider attendant services” (PAS). This case marks the largest PAS fraud case charged in Texas history.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Texas Abe Martinez, Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI’s Houston Field Office, Special Agent in Charge C.J. Porter of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG) Dallas Regional Office, Special Agent in Charge D. Richard Goss of the IRS Criminal Investigation’s (CI) Houston Field Office and the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) made the announcement.

Godwin Oriakhi, 61, of Houston, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of the Southern District of Texas to two counts of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of money laundering. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Lake on June 22, 2017.

According to his plea, Godwin Oriakhi admitted that he, his daughter and co-defendant Idia Oriakhi, and other members of his family owned and operated: Aabraham Blessings LLC, Baptist Home Care Providers Inc., Community Wide Home Health Inc., Four Seasons Home Healthcare Inc. and Kis Med Concepts Inc., all of which were home health agencies in the Houston area. Godwin Oriakhi admitted that he, along with his daughter and co-conspirators, obtained patients for his home health agencies by paying illegal kickback payments to patient recruiters and his office employees for hundreds of patient referrals. Oriakhi also admitted that he, along with his daughter and co-conspirators, paid Medicare and Medicaid patients by cash, check, Western Union and Moneygram for receiving services from his family’s home health agencies in exchange for the ability to use their Medicare and Medicaid numbers to bill the programs for home healthcare and PAS services. Oriakhi admitted that he, his daughter and their co-conspirators also directly paid some of these patients for recruiting and referring other Medicare and Medicaid patients to his agencies.

Additionally, Oriakhi admitted that he, his daughter and other co-conspirators paid physicians illegal kickbacks payments, which Oriakhi and his co-conspirators called “copayments,” for referring and certifying Medicare and Medicaid patients for home health and PAS services.

Oriakhi further admitted that each time he submitted a claim predicated on an illegal kickback payment he knew he was submitting a fraudulent claim to Medicare or Medicaid based on his false representations that the claim and the underlying transaction complied with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and other state and federal laws. Oriakhi further admitted that he knew that Medicare and Medicaid would not otherwise pay for the fraudulent claims, according to his plea.

In addition to the home healthcare and PAS services fraud scheme, Oriakhi admitted that he and his co-conspirators used the money fraudulently obtained from Medicare and Medicaid to pay illegal kickback payments to patient recruiters, employees, physicians and patients to promote the Medicare home health and Medicaid PAS fraud conspiracies, and ensure their successful continuation.

In total, Oriakhi admitted that he and his family submitted approximately $17,212,051 in fraudulent home healthcare and PAS claims to Medicare and Medicaid and received approximately $16,198,600 on those claims.

Oriakhi is the last member of the charged conspirators to plead guilty. Oriakhi’s co-defendants: Idia Oriakhi, his daughter; Charles Esechie, a registered nurse; and Jermaine Doleman, a patient recruiter, pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.

The FBI, HHS-OIG, IRS-CI and MFCU are investigating the case, and brought by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, under the supervision of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. Senior Trial Attorney Jonathan T. Baum and Trial Attorneys Aleza S. Remis and William S.W. Chang of the Fraud Section are prosecuting the case.

The Fraud Section leads the Medicare Fraud Strike Force. Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, now operating in nine cities across the country, has charged over 3,000 defendants who collectively have billed the Medicare program for over $11 billion. In addition, the HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with the HHS-OIG, are taking steps to increase accountability and decrease the presence of fraudulent providers.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Missouri Man Indicted for $12 Million Tax Refund Fraud, Voter Fraud, Illegal Reentry and Felon in Possession of Firearm

Allegedly Stole Public School Employees’ IDs

A federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis, Missouri, returned a superseding indictment today charging a St. Louis resident for his role in a sophisticated stolen identity refund fraud scheme and other federal offenses, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Carrie A. Costantin for the Eastern District of Missouri.

The superseding indictment charges Kevin Kunlay Williams aka Kunlay Sodipo, a Nigerian citizen, with mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, voter fraud, illegal reentry and being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to the indictment, Williams and others stole public school employees’ IDs from a payroll company and used them to electronically file more than 2000 fraudulent federal income tax returns seeking more than $12 million in refunds. He also allegedly stole several Electronic Filing Identification Numbers (EFINs) that he used to secure bank products allowing him to print refund checks and direct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to send refunds to prepaid debit cards. The indictment alleges that Williams had refund checks issued in the names of the stolen IDs, and blank check stock and debit cards sent to his residence.

The indictment further alleges that Williams previously entered the United States from Nigeria under the name Kunlay Sodipo, but was deported in 1995. According to the indictment, in 1999, Williams illegally returned to the United States from Nigeria using the last name Williams. In 2012, Williams allegedly registered to vote in federal, state and local elections by falsely claiming that he was a U.S. citizen and is alleged to have voted in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. On the day of his arrest in February, Williams is alleged to have been illegally in possession of a firearm.

An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been committed. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

If convicted, Williams faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each count of mail fraud, a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison for the aggravated identity theft, a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the illegal reentry, a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison for each of the voter fraud counts, and a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the felon in possession of a firearm. The defendant also faces a period of supervised release, restitution, forfeiture and monetary penalties.

Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Goldberg and Acting U.S. Attorney Costantin commended special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service as well as the Dothan Alabama Police Department and Alexander City Alabama Police Department, who conducted the investigation, and Trial Attorneys Michael C. Boteler and Charles M. Edgar, Jr. of the Tax Division, who are prosecuting this case with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the Eastern District of Missouri and Middle District of Alabama.

Additional information about the Tax Division and its enforcement efforts may be found on the division’s website.

Which Hausa person they will arrest. The Hausas that were throwing stones are either dead or in critical condition at OAU Teaching Hospital.

The Hausa guys that started the crisis are either dead or in critical condition at OAU teaching hospital. So which Hausa person will the police arrest.

19 years is enough to serve as a deterrence.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Laurel Man Sentenced to Over 19 Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding Victims of Millions of Dollars Through Internet Dating Scam

Three Other Members of the Conspiracy Also Sentenced for Their Roles in the Scheme

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Gbenga Ogundele a/k/a “Benson Ogundele,” age 58; of Laurel, Maryland, today to 234 months in prison, and sentenced his wife, Moji Popoola, a/k/a “Mojisola Oluwakemi Tin Popoola” and “Moji T. Popoola,” age 42, also of Laurel, to 18 months in prison, each followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracies to commit wire fraud and money laundering arising from a scheme to defraud vulnerable victims of millions of dollars. Ogundele was also convicted of aggravated identity theft in connection with the scheme. Judge Grimm ordered that Mojisola Popoola’s supervised release is to be served in home detention. Judge Grimm also ordered Ogundele to forfeit $2,195,103.36, and ordered Mojisola Popoola to forfeit approximately $165,000 and to pay restitution of $34,100.

On March 20, 2017, Judge Grimm sentenced Moji Popoola’s brother, Babatunde Emmanuel Popoola, a/k/a “Emmanuel Popoola” and “Tunde Popoola, age 34, of Bowie, Maryland, to 12 years in prison, on the same charges. Judge Grimm ordered Babatunde Popoola to pay restitution of $465,170.76. Ogundele and the Popoolas were convicted on November 18, 2016, after a 17-day trial.

In a related case, Funmilayo Joyce Shodeke, age 67, of Burtonsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 22, 2017 to conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business, and was sentenced to 13 months’ probation, and ordered to forfeit $29,900.

Co-conspirator Victor Oyewumi Oloyede, age 42, of Laurel, Maryland, was also convicted at trial for his role in the fraud scheme. Oloyede was sentenced to 234 months in prison.

Co-conspirators Olusegun Charles Ogunseye, age 59 of Laurel, Maryland, Olufemi Wilfred Williams, age 28, of Owings Mills, Maryland, and Adeyinka Olubunmi Awolaja, Jr., age 34, of New Carollton, Maryland, each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Judge Grimm scheduled sentencing for Awolaja on June 12, 2017, for Ogunseye on July 25, 2017, and for Williams on July 27, 2017, all at 2:30 p.m.

The sentences were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Gordon B. Johnson of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/laurel-man-sentenced-over-19-years-federal-prison-defrauding-victims-millions-dollars-0

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Friday, July 15, 2016
Brooklyn Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Defraud U.S. Defense Contractors and ID Theft Fraud Scheme Targeting TD Bank

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Solomon Oyesanya, 34, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his participation in two fraud schemes arising out of the Eastern District of Virginia and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and resulting in intended losses exceeding $1.5 million.

Specifically, Oyesanya was sentenced to 27 months in prison for defrauding U.S. defense contractors by conspiring to commit wire fraud, and a concurrent term of 60 months in prison for committing bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud TD Bank. Oyesanya also was ordered to serve a total of five years on supervised release, forfeit $25,000 in criminal proceeds, and pay restitution to his victims.

U.S. Defense Contractor Scheme

On March 28, Oyesanya pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud U.S. defense contractors. According to court documents, Oyesanya was part of a conspiracy, led by two Nigerian nationals, to fraudulently obtain computer hardware and products from contractors and vendors who were approved to do business with the U.S. Government, specifically the U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. DoD). To accomplish this scheme, members of the conspiracy created fake U.S. DoD and other U.S. government agency websites and email accounts (sometimes called “spoofed” websites and email accounts), and placed fraudulent government purchase orders with victim contractors and vendors for large quantities of computer hardware and similar products.

In furtherance of the spoofing conspiracy, Oyesanya, using false identification, picked up or attempted to pick up fraudulently ordered shipments from legitimate carriers to divert the shipments to co-conspirators in Nigeria.

According to court documents, the victimized defense contractors suffered actual losses attributable to Oyesanya in excess of $160,000 and intended losses attributable to Oyesanya in excess of $970,000.

TD Bank Scheme

On May 12, Oyesanya pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to defraud TD Bank. According to court documents, beginning no later than March 3, 2011, and continuing until at least November 2012, Oyesanya conspired with other persons to defraud TD Bank out of money by fraudulently accessing TD Bank customer accounts without the customer’s knowledge or consent to withdraw funds. Oyesanya and his co-conspirators gained access to the accounts of legitimate TD Bank customers by using means of legitimate customer identification, such as customers’ names, dates of birth, addresses, and social security numbers, as well as falsified drivers’ licenses. Oyesanya and his co-conspirators made deposits in the form of counterfeit checks, small amounts of cash, or a small denomination money order into existing TD Bank customer accounts in order to learn account information, or, if in the form of a fraudulent check, to withdraw funds before TD Bank discovered that the check was fraudulent. They also obtained online access to customer accounts as well as access to new ATM debit cards and PIN numbers in the names of existing TD Bank customers.

According to court documents, to cover up their scheme, Oyesanya and his co-conspirators often posed as the legitimate TD Bank customers and instructed TD Bank to change the customers’ phone numbers to prevent the customers from being notified of the withdrawal of funds from their accounts. Furthermore, Oyesanya and his co-conspirators used the fraudulently obtained ATM debit cards to withdraw cash at ATM machines and make purchases at merchants such as Target, Walmart, and the U.S. Postal Service.

As a result of this scheme, TD Bank suffered actual losses exceeding $500,000 and intended losses exceeding $760,000.

Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Jeffrey Thorpe, Special Agent in Charge for the Defense Criminal Investigative Service’s (DCIS) Cyber Field Office; Kevin Perkins, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office; and Brian A. Michael, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia, made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Lowe of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania originally prosecuted this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kellen S. Dwyer and Alexander P. Berrang and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney John D. Filamor continued the prosecution of this case in the Eastern District of Virginia.

A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 1:16-cr-69 and Case No. 1:16-cr-90.

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Friday, March 3, 2017
Unlicensed Medical Professional Convicted for Role in $1.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

A federal jury in Houston convicted an unlicensed medical professional who was posing as a physician yesterday for his participation in a $1.3 million Medicare fraud scheme.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Perrye K. Turner of the FBI’s Houston Field Office and Special Agent in Charge C.J. Porter of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG) Dallas Regional Office made the announcement.

Rex Duruji, 56, of Houston, was convicted yesterday of one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, one count of conspiracy to pay healthcare kickbacks and one count of healthcare fraud following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt of the Southern District of Texas. Duruji is scheduled to be sentenced on May 8, 2017.

According to evidence presented at trial, from January 2012 until May 2015, Duruji engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicare by posing as a licensed physician, although he did not possess a medical license in the State of Texas. The evidence presented at trial showed that Duruji posed as a physician to induce Medicare beneficiaries to sign up for fraudulent home-health services with Koby Home Health (Koby) that were not actually provided and paid illegal cash kickbacks to the beneficiaries for those claims. According to evidence at trial, Medicare paid approximately $1.3 million in false and fraudulent claims for home-health services submitted by Koby.

The FBI and HHS-OIG investigated the case. Trial Attorneys Scott Armstrong and Kevin Lowell of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section are prosecuting the case.

Crime does not pay. Do the crime do the time. Vanity upon vanity.

I'm waiting for Feb. 22nd.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Three Nigerian Nationals from South Africa Convicted in International Cyber Financial Fraud Scheme

Three Nigerian nationals, who in July 2015 were extradited from South Africa to the Southern District of Mississippi, were convicted today by a federal jury for their wide-ranging Internet fraud schemes.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis of the Southern District of Mississippi made the announcement.

Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud, conspiracy to commit identity theft, access device fraud, and theft of U.S. government funds, two counts of mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Ayelotan faces up to 95 years in prison. Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31 was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud, conspiracy to commit identity theft, access device fraud, and theft of U.S. government funds, three counts of mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Raheem faces up to 115 years in prison. Femi Alexander Mewase, 45, was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit identity theft, access device fraud, and theft of U.S. government funds. Mewase faces up to 25 years in prison. Sentencing for all three is set for May 24 in the Southern District of Mississippi.

According to trial testimony and evidence presented in the three-week trial, the defendants participated in numerous complex Internet-based financial fraud schemes, including romance scams, re-shipping scams, fraudulent check scams, and work-at-home scams, as well as bank, financial, and credit card account takeovers. From as early as 2001, the defendants identified and solicited potential victims through online dating websites and work-at-home opportunities. In some instances, the defendants carried on fictitious online romantic relationships with victims for the purpose of using the victims to further objectives of the conspiracy. For example, the defendants convinced victims to ship and receive merchandise purchased with stolen personal identifying information (PII) and compromised credit card and banking information, to deposit counterfeit checks, to withdraw money from fraudulent pre-paid debit cards that were loaded with money from stolen credit cards and to transfer proceeds of the conspiracy via wire, U.S. mail, or express delivery services.

A total of 21 defendants were charged in this case. To date, defendants Adekunle Adefila, 41, of Nigeria; Anuoluwapo Segun Adegbemigun, 40, of Nigeria; Gabriel Oludare Adeniran, 30, of Nigeria; Genoveva Farfan, 45, of California; Rhulane Fionah Hlungwane, 26, of South Africa; Teslim Olarewaju Kiriji, 30, of Nigeria; Dennis Brian Ladden, 75, of Wisconsin; Olutoyin Ogunlade, 41, of New York; Taofeeq Olamilekan Oyelade, 32, of Nigeria; Olufemi Obaro Omoraka, 27, of Nigeria; and Olusegun Seyi Shonekan, 34, of Nigeria; have pleaded guilty to related conspiracy charges. Susan Anne Villeneuve, 49, of California, is awaiting trial.

Crime does not pay. Do the crime, do the time. Vanity upon vanity.

Happy Valentines Day! The US Feds got jokes. This was released on valentines day.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Laurel Man Sentenced to Over 19 Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding Victims of Millions of Dollars Through Internet Dating Scam

Members of the Conspiracy Formed Online Romantic Relationships to Entice Victims To Provide Money

Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Victor Oyewumi Oloyede, age 42, of Laurel, Maryland today to 234 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracies to commit wire fraud and money laundering, and for aggravated identity theft arising from a scheme to defraud vulnerable victims of millions of dollars. Judge Grimm also ordered Oloyede to forfeit and pay restitution of $1,641,959.74. Oloyede and three co-conspirators were convicted on November 18, 2016, after a 17-day trial.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Gordon B. Johnson of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

According to evidence presented at his trial, from January 2011 to May 18, 2015, members of the conspiracy searched online dating websites to initiate romantic relationships with vulnerable male and female individuals. They phoned, emailed, texted and used internet chat messenger services to form romantic relationships with the victims, who lived in Maryland and around the country.

Witnesses testified that members of the conspiracy used false stories and promises to convince the victims to provide money to the conspirators, including fake hospital bills, plane trips to visit the victims, problems with overseas businesses and foreign taxes. Oloyede and other conspirators opened bank accounts, called “drop accounts,” in order to receive millions of dollars from the victims. Testimony at trial showed that victims provided money to the defendants as a result of the false stories and promises, either depositing money directly into drop accounts controlled by the defendants, or by checks sent to the conspirators. The payments from victims ranged from $1,720 to $50,000. Oloyede and others used victims’ names, bank account numbers or driver’s licenses in furtherance of the fraud scheme.

Oloyede and his co-conspirators dispersed money received from the victims by transferring funds to other accounts controlled by the conspirators, by obtaining cashier’s checks, and by writing checks to individuals or entities, in order to conceal the nature, source, and control of those assets.

Gbenga Benson Ogundele, a/k/a “Benson Ogundele,” age 58, of Laurel, Maryland; Babatunde Emmanuel Popoola, a/k/a “Emmanuel Popoola” and “Tunde Popoola, age 34, of Bowie, Maryland; and his sister, Mojisola Tinuola Popoola, a/k/a “Mojisola Oluwakemi Tin Popoola” and “Moji T. Popoola,” age 42, of Laurel, were also convicted for their roles in the fraud scheme. Judge Grimm has scheduled sentencing for Babatunde Popoola on February 22, 2017; and for Mojisola Popoola and Ogundele on March 22, 2017.

The Maryland Identity Theft Working Group has been working since 2006 to foster cooperation among local, state, federal, and institutional fraud investigators and to promote effective prosecution of identity theft schemes by both state and federal prosecutors. This case, as well as other cases brought by members of the Working Group, demonstrates the commitment of law enforcement agencies to work with financial institutions and businesses to address identity fraud, identify those who compromise personal identity information, and protect citizens from identity theft.

Today’s announcement is part of the efforts undertaken in connection with the President’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. The task force was established to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. With more than 20 federal agencies, 94 U.S. attorneys’ offices, and state and local partners, it’s the broadest coalition of law enforcement, investigatory and regulatory agencies ever assembled to combat fraud. Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets; and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions and other organizations. Since fiscal year 2009, the Justice Department has filed over 18,000 financial fraud cases against more than 25,000 defendants. For more information on the task force, please visit www.StopFraud.gov.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the FBI for its work in the investigation and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Thomas P. Windom and Leah Jo Bressack, who are prosecuting the case.

USAO - Maryland
Topic:
Financial Fraud
Updated February 14, 2017

https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/laurel-man-sentenced-over-19-years-federal-prison-defrauding-victims-millions-dollars

Awoof money is not good.

Unmerited favour... Showers of blessing....Heavenly manna....

Anything too good to be true is too good to be true.

What happen to the virtue of hard work....the principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous or worthy of reward.

Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Well credit still should go to our forefathers. The Ibadans put up a good fight against the Fulani expansionist. It is not easy to face a jihadi army anywhere in the world.

Historians mistakenly attributes the failure of the Fulani to take the whole of Yoruba due to the topography.

My questions is if the Fulani horses could not maneuver on the fringes of the forest then what happen to the legs of the Fulani warrior. Since they are super conquerors why didn't they get off their high horses to fight and conquer the whole Yoruba. Simply put it it was not easy. Ko easy naa ni...

The Fulani Jihadist were not invincible. They were beating back several times by the Borgu. There is a popular Hausa saying that 10 Borgu warriors can hold back 100 Fulani horse men.

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Can we apply the methods of the men of the under world to improve Agriculture in our nation.

One Million Boys was the code-name of a robbery gang known for its notorious robbery activities around Lagos and its surroundings.[1][2] Originally formed in Ajegunle by a group of about 20 boys with the objective of "fighting perceived injustice in the city",[3] some members of the group however hijacked the group into being involved in robbery activities, rape and maiming.[4] A movie titled 1 Million Boyz was released in 2014 based on their thefts and activities. On October 9, 2012, about 130 suspected members of the group were arrested by the Lagos State Police Command during a raid around Apapa and Ajegunle.[

This One Million Boys would be a gang to build up Agricultural plantations in Oyo State. Main focus would be fruits and vegetables.

Nothing will happen... All this Fulani wannabe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg1hDORBqBc&nohtml5=False