CBI arrests Nigerian national in email fraud case

CBI arrests Nigerian national in email fraud case

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Nigerian national in connection with an ongoing investigation of a case related to email fraud. The accused has been identified as Adia Okoh alias Odia Francis Ehizogie, a proclaimed offender, the agency said in a statement on Wednesday. The CBI said in a statement that initially the agency registered the case in January 2012 under sections 419, 420 read with 511 and 120-B of th…

Nigerian national pleads guilty to FEMA fraud scheme

GREENBELT, MD—A Nigerian national, Newton Ofioritse Jemide, 47, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of wire fraud conspiracy for his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently obtain federal benefits, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced on Tuesday. Jemide, extradited from France, was part of a group that directed co-conspirators in the United States to purchase hundreds of Green Dot debit cards. These cards were the…