London-based Nigerian man and his brother-in-law have been jailed for a total of 14 years for their part in a 25 million pound internet fraud involving victims from 55 countries.
Emmanuel Adanemhen, 50, and Eduwu Obasuyi, 40, pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court to their part in sophisticated fraud and money laundering scams, which in some cases targeted the elderly and vulnerable.
A Kent Police spokesman said that Adanemhen arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker in 1998 and had assumed the identity of a deceased Portuguese man by changing his name by deed poll and on driving licences.The fraudster then used the fake identity to open bank accounts to launder funds from bogus schemes, which included dating website scams, false inheritance scams, overseas lottery wins and shipping frauds.
Police were led to Adanemhen after they apprehended Obasuyi, of Friern Road, East Dulwich, who was arrested as he was about to board a plane from London to Lagos, Nigeria.
Detectives found that the two defendants had moved more than £4 million through their various accounts, which had come from victims in countries around the globe, including Germany, Norway, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, United Arab Emirates and across the USA.
One elderly victim from Florida was conned out of $2.9 million, while police estimate the total victims have been conned out of to be more than £25 million.
Adanemhen admitted to conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to enter into a money laundering agreement and three counts of fraud against the Home Office and the DVLA, which related to his fake documents.
He was ordered to serve seven and a half years in jail. Obasuyi pleaded guilty to conspiracy to enter into a money laundering agreement, and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Detective Constable Paul Walker, from the Kent and Essex serious crime directorate, said:
"This was a highly sophisticated criminal enterprise with Emmanuel Adanemhen and Eduwu Obasuyi at the heart of operations.
"They were undoubtedly highly placed and trusted individuals, handling and moving millions of pounds obtained through devastating and cruel frauds played out on sometimes very elderly and vulnerable people."
"They were undoubtedly highly placed and trusted individuals, handling and moving millions of pounds obtained through devastating and cruel frauds played out on sometimes very elderly and vulnerable people."
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So what happens to the money?Do they return it?cos i know most of them hide it,please guilty,go to jail and come to invest these monies in Nigeria.
Very interesting...naija people be doing wuru wuru since 1900. Serves them right
ReplyDeleteWhich money Stella? Do these men look to u like they still have £1,000 in their account? Look how hungry they look. The money go don finish tey tey na. See ehn, they operate a syndicate, I assure u that these 2 aren't the only ones who shared the money over time. Dem dey always plenty, and at the end each would prolly get like £2,000 out of the whole money. And u know, they didn't get the lump sum, na small small. Ontop of it they are never satisfied that is why they continue to scam people. Once is never enough for them to make it big because too many head counts go dey hustle the deal. Lol.
DeleteBtw, where's Olori western union? Lol
Invest the money in Nigeria??? So what should happen to the victims? Stella, I am disappointed.
DeleteSisi eko in ur mind now u sounded brilliant abi?Ppl can assume crap..
DeleteOh shut it. Analysing what is rampant amongst fraudsters is now forming brilliance abi? On such a baseless topic? U must be very very low in the use of ur mental faculty if this is where u tackle ur brain. Duh
Deletegood to know
ReplyDelete#GODWIN™
Thieves.
ReplyDeleteThey're not so smart in the end!
ReplyDeletePple wey get sense steal £25m, no fit get sense hide themselves from the authorities? Mstcheewww!
Well, beta take Stella's advice. Cos even me sef ready to do time for half that amount! Perhaps we shd swap places? No?
*Ghanaman signing out*
Ghanaman it is not called stealing ,is called con men ,what do you call our leaders that steal in broad day light billions and stash it abroad.
DeleteHahahahaha! @come to invest these monies in Nigeria. They should o course av tons of investments that's if they are wise.
ReplyDeleteOk.
ReplyDeleteSee der edward head....
ReplyDeleteindi-oshi.
That's it Stella, plead guilty, serve the term then enjoy the loots at the end of the day. Very wicked minded people when calamity befall them now they will shout why me Jesus.
ReplyDeleteEnd time rogues
ReplyDeleteEnd time fraudsters
ReplyDeleteEnd time fraudsters
ReplyDeleteRot in jail all ye who give my dear country bad name.
ReplyDeleteWho are even the stupid women that these men are cunning, how do you give ur hard earned money to a man. Ladies when a man keeps demanding money from you frequently, its a very bad sign. Does he not have friends or families dat can help him out? I don't believe in that shit abeg. If you are married, you can assist ur hubby when he's down, assuming its a man dat ordinarily he's hardworking and he takes care of you, not mere boyfriend.
ReplyDeleteThese oyinbo ladies need to learn, upon how daily mails reports so many love scams, these ppl still turn mugu.
This kind of people representing Nigeria in a very bad light. See the money they collected but wont use it for something good.
ReplyDeleteEdo no dey carry last for fraud!!
ReplyDeleteI carry yansh give Benin people biko
Their time is up... Hope they change for the better when they are done with their jail terms.
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