…Woodberry was arrested in Dubai alongside Ramon Hushpuppi Abbas in 2020 Less than a year after forfeiting 151.8 Bitcoin to the American government, Hushpuppi’s associate, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, known as Mr Woodberry, will forfeit another $8 million to the US government after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Woodberry agreed to forfeit $8 million in proceeds
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Ibadan Zonal headquarters , on Friday , arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters . The suspects are Isaac Ogundayo ; David Ayodele; Etiowe Kelvin ; Seun Afolabi ; Saheed Olalekan ; Oluwatobi Damilola ; Sukanmi Odofin ; Ademola Okunola ; Joseph Damilare and Abass Sodiq . They were said
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The chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, explicitly stated that fraud does not represent who we are as Nigerians. Dabiri-Erewa who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), also plaint the effect of cyber crime on the image of Nigeria. According to the NiDCOM boss who
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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested twenty-four (24) suspects comprising twenty-three (23) male and one (1) female for cybercrime and other related offences. According to the Police, the suspects were arrested for their involvement & indictment in cases of romance & online dating scams, generating and deployment of fake bank alerts, hacking &
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