Tag: Yahoo Boys

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

Aminu Imam
FBI pursues

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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Landlords who harbour ‘Yahoo Boys’ as tenants risk 15-yr jail term – EFCC

Aminu Imam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that landlords who rent their houses to Internet fraudsters, otherwise known as ‘Yahoo Boys’ could be prosecuted for allowing their premises to be used to commit cyber-crime. The Commission made this known ahead of the next edition of its public conversation series, tagged: “#EFCCConnect”, which has been slated for Wednesday. A successful conviction could attract not less than fifteen years imprisonment. The topic: ‘Give your house to Yahoo boys, spend 15 years in jail’, would be discussed by the Commission’s Legal…

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