FBI Arrests 35 Nigerians Over $177 Million Fraud In Texas

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested 35 Nigerians in North Texas over an alleged fraud scheme worth $117 million. The suspects will face indictments for money laundering and wire scam with over 100 people falling victim nationwide.

According to the FBI, the defendants are accused of conducting romance schemes to defraud and steal money from older American adults. The defendants allegedly use alias names and trolled dating sites like Match.com, ChistianMingle, JSwipe, and PlentyofFish, to prey on vulnerable targets like widowed or divorced.

These victims are made to build trust with the scammers as they would pose interest by sharing a fake snivel story and then request a large sum of money. “These criminals rely on victims’ isolation, loneliness, and sometimes their grief. The only mistake these victims make is being generous to the wrong people,” Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah stated at a press conference announcing the charges.

“Once they depleted the savings they vanished into thin air. Romance scams are often difficult to prosecute because victims are often embarrassed, feel duped, and don’t want to come forward.”

LIST: The Nigerians charged in the Northern District of Texas are:

• David Animashaun, 38 – arrested in DFW, charged with wire fraud conspiracy
  
  Oluwalobamise Michael Moses, 40 – arrested in DFW, charged with wire fraud conspiracy
  
  Irabor Fatarr Musa, 51 – arrested in the Eastern District of Texas, charged by the Northern District of Texas wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy
  
  Ijeoma Okoro, 31 – arrested in DFW, wire fraud conspiracy fraud, money laundering conspiracy
  
  Chukwemeka Orji, 36 – arrested in DFW, charged with wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy
  
  Emanuel Stanley Orji, 35 – arrested in DFW, charged with wire fraud conspiracy
  
  Frederick Orji, 37 – arrested in Dallas, charged with wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy
  
  Uwadiale Esezobor, 36 – arrested in Lubbock, charged with mail & wire fraud conspiracy
  
  Victor Idowu, 36 – arrested in Los Angeles, charged with mail & wire fraud conspiracy
  
  Afeez Abiola Alao, 37 – wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy
  
  Ambrose Sunday Ohide, 47 – wire fraud conspiracy

Shah encourages victims to come forward and reassure them that the scams are more common than one might think — more than 20,000 people lost $600 million in romance scams in 2020. Eleven of the arrests were made in the Northern District of Texas while 24 arrests were made in the Eastern District of Texas. The defendants named are innocent until proven guilty. If convicted, they face up to 20 years in federal prison on wire fraud conspiracy counts and up to 10 years in federal prison on the money laundering conspiracy counts.

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