Ex-Super Eagles star Chidi Odiah denies being a taxi driver in the US

Former Super Eagles defender, Chidi Odiah, 30, has released a statement denying recent reports that he now drives taxis in the US to survive after being let go by his Russian club, Cska Moscow. See his statement below... 

My attention has being drawn to the slandering news going round the online media that I was spotted driving a Taxi somewhere in the United States of America.

I am taking this rebuttal path due to the hurt that story has caused my friends and family members. With due respect to taxi drivers who means of livelihood are through that means, I state, emphatically, that I am not a taxi driver neither am I in the United States of America . I am a professional footballer who loves my profession and yet to resign from playing football.

Chidi Odiah

Former Super Eagles footballer, Chidi Odiah turns Taxi Driver in the US

According to Entertainment Express,

former super eagles defender Chidi Odiah has started driving taxis in the United States in order to make ends meet.

Entertainment express reveals that things have not been so rosy for Odiah ever since his Russian club, Cska Moscow sacked him 2 years ago because he lost form.

The former soccer ace was spotted driving a public cab by some Nigerians in the US , who were quick to recognise him.

Chidi has 2 cabs.

Nigeria Credit card fraudsters arrested for fake identities and computer hacking in New Jersey, USA

Credit card fraudsters purchased fake identities for computer hackers, Hudson County prosecutor says

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Some 32 people, including a Hudson County jail nurse, have been arrested in a multimillion, multi-state identity theft and credit card fraud ring.


Defendants charged with money laundering, theft by deception, wrongful impersonation and conspiracy include: Bolaji Ola, 30, of Sayreville; Olamide Otti, 27, of Queens; Akintunde Adeyemi, 28, of East Orange; David Brown, 27, of Parlin; Adegbola Adedeji, 31, of Parlin; Oluwaseun Jato, 23, of Hillside; Oluwasola Diji, 31, of Westbury, NY; Oladapo Araromi, 26, of Elizabeth; and Bertrand Ahaneku, 25, of South Orange.
Those charged with theft by deception, wrongful impersonation, and conspiracy include: Oluwaseun Adekoya, 25, of Sewaren; Henry Abdul, 25, of Union; Babatunde Oyefeso, 27, Union; Michael Assih, 24, of East Orange; John Orubo, 32, of Brooklyn; Idris Soyemi, 25, of Brooklyn; Imrahim Akaba, 23, of Piscataway; Vladimir Francois, 27, of Newark; Yves Desir, 29, of Irvington; Aglaide Alzuphar, 23, of Newark; Kossi Klutse, 25, of Newark; Evon Morris, 23, of East Orange; Fontessa Foreman, 27, of Newark; Olutoye Babatunde, 22, of Plainfield; Olukayode Adeosun, 30, of Newark; Gologo Benshaw, 25, of Newark; Olushola Ayeni, 31, of Brooklyn; Orwells Oyakhire, 24, of Maplewood.
Oladayo Araromi, 26, of Linden and Olujimi Williams, 24 of Hillside were charged with conspiracy. Matthew Sabo, 29, of Sayreville and Vijay Shah, 24, of Springfield, are charged with fencing, conspiracy, and receiving stolen property.
Oladayo Araromi, a nurse at Hudson County jail making $79,298, has been suspended without pay, Hudson County spokesman Jim Kennelly said today.


The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office first got involved in the investigation in the early fall of 2012, when they received numerous complaints from victims as far away as California claiming that credit cards in their name made fraudulent retail purchases in Hudson County, officials said today.
Using store video and physical surveillance, the detectives were able to identify several suspects, authorities state. Detectives then linked those suspects to hundreds of other accounts and millions of dollars in phony transactions.
The leaders of the group, authorities say, purchased the identities of unsuspecting victims from online brokers, who got the information from computer hackers across the United States.
In a process known as "punching," electronic account information from the cards' magnetic strips would be transferred onto counterfeit cards, which were provided to "strikers" who conducted the purchases at retailers all over the Eastern Seaboard, authorities say.
Teams of strikers purchased retail gift cards that were then used to purchase various electronic items, authorities say. Those items were then sold in bulk to fences in New York and New Jersey, authorities say. The fence would then sell the items to other people for cash payments.
The investigation has identified nearly 1,000 victims across the country and millions of dollars in phony transactions, authorities say.
Authorities say the suspects spent the proceeds on luxury cars, high-end jewelry and other lavish expenses. Some of the money was additionally sent to accounts in Nigeria, authorities say.
Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Guy Gregory commended a long list of agencies that were involved in the take down, saying, "The operation could not have succeeded without their assistance."

Of the 32 arrested, 24 appeared in Central Judicial Processing court this afternoon. Bail was set for those who appeared by Hudson County Superior Court Judge Joseph Isabella prior to their court appearance.
More arrests are expected, said Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Gene Rubino. 

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Two Nigerians jailed In USA for $50 million bank fraud - VIDEO

Two Nigerians jailed In USA for $50 million bank fraud - VIDEO                                                                              

Two Nigerians jailed In US for $50 million bank fraud 

Tobechi Onwuhara appears in US Court for $11 Million Bank Equity Fraud after 5 Years as a Fugitive

BEFORE TOBECHI WAS CAPTURED HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE IN ATLANTA

HE WAS CAPTURED IN AUSTRALIA AND DEPORTED TO US HIS COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP

King of $11 Million Bank Equity Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office

Eastern District of Virginia (703) 299-3700

ALEXANDRIA, VA—Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara, 33, formerly of Dallas, Texas, has been arrested in Australia after more than four years as a fugitive and brought to the United States to face charges accusing him of leading a home equity line of credit fraud scheme that attempted to steal more than $38 million and caused approximately $13 million in losses.

Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Valerie Parlave, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office; David E. Beach, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service’s Washington Field Office; Earl L. Cook, Alexandria Chief of Police; and Robert W. Mathieson, United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after Onwuhara arrived in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Onwuhara was charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and a federal warrant was issued for his arrest on August 1, 2008. He was later indicted by a federal grand jury on April 21, 2011, and charged with 16 counts, including conspiracy, continuing financial crimes enterprises, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, money laundering, and computer fraud. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and a maximum penalty of life in prison, followed by a consecutive mandatory two years in prison for each count of aggravated identity theft.
Information seeking Onwuhara’s arrest was made available through the FBI (seehttp://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/tobechi-enyinna-onwuhara/view ), and he was arrested by Australian Federal Police on December 18, 2012, pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant issued by the United States.
Onwuhara made an initial appearance before United States Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis today, March 1, 2013, at 2 p.m. at the federal courthouse in Alexandria.
According to court records, Onwuhara is the alleged ringleader of a group of Nigerians who used fee-based web databases to search for potential victim account holders with large balances in home equity line of credit (HELOC) accounts. This information included name, address, date of birth, and Social Security number. Once the conspirators identified a victim, they allegedly used other online databases to obtain information commonly used in security questions, such as the victim’s mother’s maiden name. The conspirators then allegedly obtained credit reports on the victims in order to verify personal information and account balances.
Armed with a victim’s personal information, the conspirators allegedly called the victim’s financial institution, impersonated the victim, and transferred the majority of the available money from the HELOC account into an account from which a wire transfer could be sent. The conspirators would then allegedly wire transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars to domestic or overseas accounts controlled by members of the conspiracy. The conspirators allegedly used caller-ID spoofing services, prepaid cell phones, and PC wireless Internet access cards and transferred victims’ home telephone numbers in order to impersonate the victim and avoid identifying themselves.
Once the fraudulently-transferred funds arrived in the destination bank, a conspirator with access to the account would allegedly withdraw funds and transfer them to other members of the conspiracy after taking a portion of the proceeds for himself.
The following members of this alleged conspiracy have been convicted in the Eastern District of Virginia:

• Obinna Orji, from Arlington, Texas, who was a fugitive since being charged in August 2008, was arrested in December 2012 and pleaded guilty on February 19, 2013. Sentencing scheduled on May 17, 2013.
• Henry “Uche” Obilo, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to 88 months in prison on September 11, 2009.
• Abel Nnabue, of Dallas, was sentenced to 54 months on January 30, 2009.
• Precious Matthews, of Miami, was sentenced 51 months on February 13, 2009.
• Brandy Anderson, of Dallas, was sentenced to two years of supervised probation and 40 days of community confinement on February 20, 2009.
• Ezenwa Onyedebelu, of Dallas, was sentenced to 37 months on February 27, 2009.
• Daniel Orjinta, of Nigeria, was sentenced to 42 months on March 6, 2009.
• Paula Gipson, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced to 15 months on September 4, 2009.

This case was investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, United States Secret Service, and the Alexandria Police Department, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant United States Attorneys Alexander T.H. Nguyen and Lindsay Kelly are prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.

Criminal indictments are only charges and not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty.

A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia at http://www.justice.gov/usao/vae .

SOURCE: FBI

Onwuhara was charged federally with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and a federal warrant was issued for his arrest by the US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, on August 1, 2008.

Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud

TOBECHI ENYINNA ONWUHARA

FBI's Most Wanted Nigerian Fraudster, Tobechi Onwuhara Arrested in Australia*** Has been Elusive since 2008

He was named after Bin Laden as US second  most wanted. He eluded them for 6 years. All eyes were focused in Nigeria and USA , but no he was in another side of the world , Australia. Some one close to him must have busted him. He owned a hip hop record label and he lived the high life of luxury hotels, gambling, strippers and bling. But behind the glitz and the glamour Tobechi Enyinna Onwuhara was one of the FBI’s most wanted men, allegedly a fraudster who scammed at least $44 million through cyber crimes.

But the sophisticated con artist, who fled Florida in August 2008 amid an intense FBI investigation, has been caught in Sydney and sent back to the US to face a string of fraud charges.


Nigerian-born Tobechi Onwuhara, 33, was “provisionally arrested in response to a request from the United States Government” in December last year, according to a spokeswoman for the Australian Attorney-General’s department.

A spokeswoman for the AG’s department said Mr Onwuhara is to face prosecution in the US for fraud related offences, including identity fraud and computer fraud.

“On January 29, the Minister for Justice [Jason Clare] made a determination to surrender Mr Onwuhara to the US.

“As a matter of long standing practice, the Australian government does not comment on operational matters,” she said.

Fairfax Media understands Mr Onwuhara had been living it up in Sydney after disappearing in August 2008.

The FBI’s website now lists Mr Onwuhara as captured, but with scant detail of the arrest. They were offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

The source who tipped off Fairfax said Mr Onwuhara had been making regular trips to The Star casino as well as splashing cash at numerous popular nightclubs.

“He would bet at the Star under a different name, he was a regular, then one day he just disappeared and someone told us he his wanted by the FBI,” a source said.

A spokeswoman for Echo entertainment, owner of The Star, did not return calls and emails. The US Consulate in Sydney also did not return calls.

An Australian Federal Police spokesman confirmed the AFP arrested Mr Onwuhara.

According to the FBI’s most wanted list. Mr Onwuhara is wanted for his alleged involvement in an elaborate scheme that defrauded the financial industry out of tens of millions of dollars.

“Onwuhara is a key member of a group of Nigerians who allegedly have been conducting fraudulent banking activities from Florida and Texas, since 2005,” the FBI’s most wanted website states.

“It is alleged that the group has been using online internet databases to steal victims’ identities.

“Once acquired, they allegedly use the victims’ information to gain access to the victims’ ‘Home Equity Line of Credit’ accounts and wire transfer the money to accounts mainly located overseas, some in the United States.”

Some of Onwuhara’s alleged co-conspirators have been arrested, inside and outside of the United States, the FBI’s website states.

Onwuhara was charged federally with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and a federal warrant was issued for his arrest by the US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, on August 1, 2008.

Nigeria: Flourishing Scam on Land and House Deals increase in Abuja.....Abuja Property - Luxury Apartments or Flats

                                                Chief Paul Kogola 

Is the man behind the scam which has affected mainly Nigerians living in US Cities like Atlanta, Maryland, Houston.
Chief Kogola falsely portrays himself as Former director in charge of  Sensitive Data Handling Electronic Programmes on Personnel and Asset protection for a USA Military and also as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Information Science at the Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Nigeria: Flourishing Scam on Land and House Deals increase in Abuja

Illegal land deals in Abuja has become like the proverbial goldmine.
Every gold digger seems to be venturing into it without regard for appropriate procedures. Uwem Umoh takes his time to dig into this rather abnormal situation and reveals the intricacies .
Are you about to buy a piece of land in Abuja? If you are, you have to be extra careful because you may be swindled of your hard earned money in the process.
The Lands are obtained directly from the Original source which most times is involved after which the Land is  advertised for sale using the original dimensions as the current measure which is designed to deceive and con the unsuspecting buyer , but what you don't know is that the con men will have aacquired and paid a Surveyor who turns around to  demarcate the land into several smaller portions which will be sold to  you as the original size you first saw . You may proceed to inspect the land  and of course you will see the and but at AGEIS when you go to normalize the papers is when you discover that the Land you bought is 10 times less than  what you were made to believe you were buying.
Mr Paul Kogola is well known in Abuja circle of Land speculators where his outfit based in Abuja and Lagos specializes in this trade. We gather that the con man is on the run from authorities both in Abuja, Lagos and USA. 
One of the several victims of such fraud Segun Adeleke spoke to our  reporter on how and why he fell for this scam. He described the scam as complex and designed to target friends or acquaintances whom might be unsuspecting and trusting on the sellers integrity. He now has a Land much smaller than the land he paid for . Another one Emma Osunde expressed disgust since they attend same Pentecostal church and he capitalized on that vulneraablity and trust