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Nigeria: '$1.3m Fraud' - FBI Nabs Nigerian Programmer

  • Sapphire Egemasi, a Nigerian programmer known as the "Tech Queen," was arrested by the FBI on April 10, 2025, in the Bronx for her involvement in a $1.3 million cybercrime operation that defrauded U.S. Government institutions.
  • Her arrest came after a 2024 federal indictment charged her and several accomplices with orchestrating schemes involving online criminal activity and laundering funds over a period extending from late 2021 to early 2023, utilizing stolen employee information obtained through phishing tactics.
  • Egemasi allegedly built fake U.S. Government websites to harvest credentials and helped reroute $965,000 and $330,000 from Kentucky public funds into fraudulent accounts at PNC Bank and Bank of America.
  • Investigators say Egemasi laundered stolen money through multiple bank accounts and falsely claimed internships at BP, H&M, and Zara to mask her illicit gains and support a lavish online image.
  • Egemasi and her co-defendants are being held by federal authorities in Lexington, Kentucky, as they await trial. If found guilty, they could face sentences of up to 20 years in prison, significant fines, and the possibility of deportation.
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akelicious.net broke the news in on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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