Tag: FBI

Lagos: FBI pursues Yahoo Boy for defrauding U.S. President Trump of 2025 inauguration funds

Aminu Imam
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize property belonging to Lagos-based fraudster Ehiremen Aigbokhan for stealing more than ₦460 million in funds meant for U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration. The FBI is also actively pursuing an arrest warrant for Aigbokhan in connection with a cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme that targeted a donor intending to contribute to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee. According to legal filings, Aigbokhan and his co-conspirators carried out a sophisticated fraudulent operation using the notorious Business Email Compromise…

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U.S. court grants Tinubus request opposing release of FBI, CIA, others confidential records

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The U.S. Court for the District of Columbia in Washington D.C. has granted President Bola Tinubus Motion to intervene and oppose the release of his records held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other top U.S. security agencies, based on court filings. Judge Beryl A. Howell, on November 27, granted Tinubus Motion to intervene after deeming him to have met the four qualifying factors, which include timeliness of the Motion, and the applicants interest in the property which forms subject of action. Adjudging Tinubu…

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Atiku, Obi desperate, as US surrogate seeks urgent release of FBI document on Tinubu

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Atiku Abubakars surrogate in the United States (U.S.), Aaron Greenspan, has filed an emergency Motion on Friday at the District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington DC, seeking the immediate release of documents on President Bola Tinubu by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI). Greenspan, who is working in league with David Hundeyin, another Atiku underling, is the founder of Plainsite.org, which tracks legal cases against big corporations in the U.S. Peter Obi, of the Labour Party, is also hoping to benefit from what he and Atiku believe…

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FBI to release 2,500 documents on President Tinubu from October

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The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), will release approximately 2,500 documents relating to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, according to a court filing. According to reports, the documents are being released in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Aaron Greenspan, who runs PlainSite, a website that pushes anti-corruption and transparency in public service.  Greenspan filed the request in collaboration with a Lagos-based journalist, David Hundeyin. The documents are expected to provide more information about Tinubus time in the United States, including when he entered…

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Alleged Corruption: “Abba Kyari operates death squad in Nigeria” Hushpuppi reveals

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…Says “I cant return to Nigeria” Nigerian alleged Internet fraud ringleader, Ramon Abbas, otherwise known as, Hushpuppi, has revealed that suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, operates a death squad and that he (Hushpuppi) stands a risk of being harmed. Hushpuppi raised the alarm in a memorandum he submitted before Judge Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, on September 5, seeking a downward review of sentencing years demanded by the prosecutors after Mr Abbas pleaded guilty to multimillion-dollar fraud last…

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Hushpuppi: ‘Trial of Abba Kyaris co-defendants to last 6 days in U.S.’ – FBI

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…DCP, 2 other co-defendants ‘remain at large’ The trial of three defendants in the Ramon Hushpuppi Abass-coordinated $1.1 million fraud case will last for approximately six days, according to court documents. Six persons, including a top officer in the Nigeria Police, DCP Abba Kyari, were indicted for various roles in the scheme spearheaded by the former Nigerian Instagram celebrity widely known as Hushpuppi. Three of the defendants Rukayat Fashola (aka Morayo), Bolatito Agbabiaka (a.k.a Bolamide), and Yusuf Anifowoshe (a.k.a AJ and Alvin Johnson) arrested in the United States…

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Abba Kyari: IGP gets Panel’s report

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Special Investigation Panel on the alleged indictment of Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police, has submitted its report to the Inspector General of Police Usman Baba Alkali. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had indicted Kyari in a bribery allegation. The FBI alleged that Kyari was paid a bribe by a serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, to arrest one of his (Hushpuppis) friends in a 1.1 million-dollar deal. Kyari was on July…

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FBI reveals amount Hushpuppi paid Abba Kyari to detain Chibuzo in fresh revelation

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), has alleged that money laundering suspect, Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, paid N8m or $20,600 to the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to arrest and detain a co-conspirator, Chibuzo Kelly Vincent. A document issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California and dated February 12, 2021, alleged that Hushpuppi contracted the services of Kyari after Chibuzo allegedly threatened to expose an alleged $1.1m fraud committed against a Qatari businessman. Kyari provided the account information for a bank account…

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FBI declares 6 Nigerians as ‘Most Wanted’ for cyber crime

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The FBI in the United States of America, has declared six Nigerians most wanted for cyber crimes. The Nigerian were declared wanted for cyber crime involving a $6 million swindle of over 70 U.S. businesses. Their names were given as Michael Olorunyomi, Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunsakin, Felix Osilama Okpoh, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson. They were accused of executing a business email compromise scheme that defrauded over 70 different businesses in the U.S., resulting in combined losses of over $6 million.

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