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Why Mercy Johnson believes some people are in danger
Popular Nollywood Actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie has cried out after a number of phone calls and text messages she got from a stranger.
According to her, the person had called her number and said used the words, ‘hideout clear, do we kill them’.
She went on to tag the Nigerian Police and EFCC while recounting the ordeal.
Something is not right about this num…it called me and said ‘hideout clear, do we kill them’.and when I spoke, the call cut quickly, I call back and the person begins to insult me via Text..I am certain all isn’t well..@ngpolice @efcc. Please repost fnds. Am certain cus I engaged the person by replying to see if he or she would say something but No ..it was just normal rude insults so I could tell the person is trying to ward me off and make me think he or she is just not a fan.
Its not Me , Maybe someone or some people are in danger and he mistakenly called my line to communicate .
‘Harry Potter’ star Robert Hardy dies aged 91
In a joint statement by his children, Justine and Paul, they said:
It is with great sadness that the family of Robert Hardy CBE today announced his death, following a tremendous life: a giant career in theatre, television and film spanning more than 70 years
Robert Hardy played the role of Cornelius Fudge, the Minister for Magic, in the Harry Potter series. He first appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
The author of the literary series, JK Rowling has since paid tribute to the deceased actor on Twitter:
So very sad to hear about Robert Hardy. He was such a talented actor and everybody who worked with him on Potter loved him.
Hardy died on Wednesday at Denville Hall, a London retirement home known to house many professional actors.
He was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for his services to acting.
According to one of his children:
Dad is also remembered as a meticulous linguist, a fine artist, a lover of music and a champion of literature, as well a highly respected historian, and a leading specialist on the longbow
He was an essential part of the team that raised the great Tudor warship The Mary Rose. Gruff, elegant, twinkly, and always dignified, he is celebrated by all who knew him and loved him, and everyone who enjoyed his work.
I Lost My Baby Brother In The Blast - Burn Victim Finally Tells Her Story
According to her she lost her baby brother in the kerosene explosion that almost took her life. Read her story below:
I was born in Lebanon(a country in the Middle East) the accident was caused from a kerosine explosion, several people were injured and some were even killed
Of those killed, my baby brother was one of them. I suffered third degree burns on 70% of my body, I was two years old at the time of the accident
Doctors predicted that I'd only live 24 hours after the explosion. I was in a coma for 6 months after that
.
When I woke up I couldn't hear, see or walk. I had several surgeries in Lebanon but I came to the US for more treatment and surgeries
I've had dozens, maybe even a hundred procedures and surgeries. A large portion of my life was spent at the hospital and for a period of time during my childhood I couldn't walk
I absolutely hated it
I remember laying in the hospital bed as a kid and wanting nothing more than to go outside and play and live a normal childhood. But when I went outside it was worse than being in the hospital. I faced so much bullying and ridiculing. I hated my life, I thought God was punishing me. I was constantly getting bullied at school, verbally, emotionally and even physically
The first time I attempted suicide I was 12 and since then I attempted suicide 4 times, I didn't want to live. I thought the world was against me. I had suffered so much pain and I just wanted it all to end. I was put on suicide watch at the adolescent psychiatric unit all 4 times with extensive counseling, it didn't seem helpful at first but looking back I think it was
I had extreme insecurities, I was insecure about my facial deformities. I was insecure because I have scars on my breast. I hated that I can't use my right hand. I hated that im covered in scars but I slowly started to learn to love myself
I still have insecurities but I'm taking it one day at a time. Beauty is a concept I have struggled with but I have a lot more confidence now than I did as a kid
I think I'm beautiful.My scars tell a story, they represent my strength and bravery
Im constantly thinking of my brother who passed away,I think he's my guardian angel.He is what keeps me going as well as my family, friends, and son
I am surrounded by love and happiness. I'm a survivor
Inspector General Of Police Gives Update On Kidnapper Evans
According to Idris, the delay in Evans’ prosecution is due to police
investigations to track down his accomplices within and outside the
country.
Idris who spoke at a seminar recently said,
Idris who spoke at a seminar recently said,
“Evans will be charged to court very soon. This is a man who has over the years been involved in kidnapping, collecting money in millions of dollars and harassing Nigerians from the various parts of the country.“What we are doing now is to ensure that we conduct thorough investigations so that anybody involved will be brought to book. “It seems kidnapping is becoming attractive to the youth. The more we arrest, the more they are coming up. But I believe that with special courts, this will be addressed.”
He said plans were underway to recruit more policemen to effectively pursue the principle of community policing. “We need the cooperation of the public. There is no way we can succeed without their cooperation. We need the National Assembly to give a positive view of the Police Trust Fund and I believe with that, we can change the image of the police in the country,” he added.
You Are the Reason I Am Wicked - Patience Ozokwor Tells Fans
Speaking with Saturday Tribune, Ozokwor talked about some of her movie roles saying:
“Sometimes, I cry when I watch some of the characters I had played in movies at home. I just thanked God it wasn’t the real me that was involved, but a character.
“Nearly all the movies where I played wicked roles made me cry because I remember what that character had done to somebody.“I do these jobs to the best of ability because I want to sit down at home, watch and cry over what I’m doing to people.
“Two of the roles that caused me the most tears were: one role where I seized the feeding bottle of a month-old-baby and threw it away.“I wept profusely after that scene that the director had to stop shooting until I was able to control myself. If someone had done it in real life, I would have exposed the fellow to the world to see.
“I’d been playing wicked roles but those two movies are exceptionally horrible. I doubt that any human being would do that to anyone.”
“There was another one where I went to take my sister’s daughter from the village, what I did to the girl, if any human being can do it to a fellow human being, I don’t know what God would do to that person in turn. I met her in the kitchen, beat her so much that she fell down the stairs, rolled down and died from broken head and pains all over.
On the morality of her roles:
“When I play the role of a bad woman, I see myself at that instance as a mirror through which I want society to see and appreciate the fact that it is not good to be bad. This is the reason I do it with so much passion that it becomes almost believable. I also see such roles as an opportunity to minister to lost and wicked souls that jealousy, hatred, envy and all the likes can only bring one to ruins.”
We Released You Because You Are A Mom - Group behind British model's kidnapping boast
The said lady was drugged, handcuffed and loaded into a car boot in
Milan before being driven 120 miles to a farmhouse in Turin where she
was kept for six days.
The kidnappers, Black Death however decided to take her back to Milan,
with a letter warning her not to disclose anything to the police or
she'd be would be '. She was also warned against speaking negatively
about the organisation, which claims to offer services including
'assassinations, bombings and arms dealing'.
The warning letter also said the model had been captured 'by mistake'
and should 'under no circumstances' have been kidnapped, adding one of
its 'well respected' members pleaded her case.
Black Death offers the sexual services of women for auction on the dark web and are very hostile to people asking questions.
Technology writer Joseph Cox previously tried to investigate Black Death
in 2015 when he attempted to enter a human trafficking auction to
discover how the syndicate worked and whether they were legitimate.
After finding them through a link on Reddit, he posed as a customer and
asked to be involved in the auction, sending an encrypted email
stating 'I'm interested in the girl, want to see more photos first'.
But the aggressive response that came back was 'Who are you, how do you know about us? Who recommended us?'
Truck Crushes 3 To Death In Ogun
PR Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the victims were travelling on the motorcycle when the truck rammed into them killing them instantly and injuring 3 others.
He said,
“The accident occurred this morning at Alagbon along Owode- Idiroko road.
The six persons were travelling on a motorcycle, four males and two females.
“The rider of the motorcycle lost control which caused the motorcycle to face the oncoming truck.
“Three of them, two males and one female, were crushed by the truck, while three others were injured.”
Akinbiyi said those injured were receiving treatment at King Cross Hospital Owode while the corpses had been deposited at state General Hospital at Ota.
Soldiers Kill 3 Suicide Bombers In Borno
The incident which occurred at the outskirt of Maiduguri at about 10p.m saw a male and two female suicide bombers tried to infiltrate the town.
A witness, Amin Audu, said that the insurgents took advantage of the night to gain access into Maiduguri but were intercepted by military personnel deployed to the area.
Soldiers were said to have shot at the male suicide bomber, forcing the explosive strapped to his body to detonate.
“The powerful blast also made the explosives strapped to the other ladies to detonate and killing them instantly,” he said.
Chinese Company Forces Employees To Drink Toilet Water For Failing To Meet Target
The employees were said to be forced to drink the water as a punishment for missing their commercial target.
I Slaughtered My Mum With The Potatoe Knife Used For Harvesting - 18-Year Old Confesses
The suspect confessed to have slaughtered his mother with a knife he was using to harvest potatoes at the time of the incident.
The charm, it was claimed, was his inheritance from his late herbalist father.
A family source who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria revealed that Agugu committed the crime at his Kisaghyip village farm in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau.
The source continued saying Agugu, removed N20,000 from his mom and used it to buy a mobile phone, a shirt and a pair of slippers.
Spokesman of the Plateau Police Command, Mr. Tyopev Terna, confirmed that the suspect was being held, but declined further comments.
“Investigation is ongoing. The details are not ready. Please understand with us and be patient,” he told NAN on phone.
But Agugu, who spoke with our correspondent, said:
“When I was 14 years old, my late father,
who was a native doctor, showed me a charm that enabled him to disappear and reappear at will. He promised to hand over the charm to me when I turn 18.
“On his dying bed four years ago, he gave my mother the charm and asked her to give me when I turn 18. But I am now 18 and she has refused to give it to me.
“On this fateful day at the farm, I asked her about it, but she threatened to throw the charm into the river if I disturbed her too much.
“Her response infuriated me and I suddenly felt that she was of no value as a mother. I immediately slaughtered her with the knife I was using to harvest potatoes.
“After slaughtering her, I dumped her body in the bush,” he said.
Senior brother to the suspect, Mr. David Adau, however has a different story to tell. He said:
“Prior to the incident, the family had faced several
problems with Agugu. He was fond of stealing and causing trouble.
“I believe he killed our mother because of the N20,000 I gave her a day before the incident. I work at the mines in Barkin-Ladi, and I usually give my earnings to our mother to keep for me.
“I handed over the money to my mother in his presence. In fact, when I gave her the money, she expressed fear that Agugu could attack her to get the money. He has proved her right.”
David said that on his return from work a day after the incident, he asked after their mother, but Agugu said he did not know her whereabouts.
“He said he did not know where my mother was. Later in the day, I saw him with a new mobile phone, a new shirt and (a pair of) slippers, and I became curious.
“I asked him where he got them from, but he could not give me satisfactory answers.
“Other family members joined me and we kept pestering him over our mother, but he insisted he knew nothing.
“Three days later, I invited the police to question my brother. That worked immediately, as he confessed to killing her,” he said.
David said the suspect later led family members and the police to the farm where they saw the already decomposing body of the woman
Woman Undergoes Plastic Surgery To Avoid Repaying $3.8m Debt
Following the woman's arrest who fled to the south eastern city of Shenzhen after a court in Wuhan ordered her to pay off her debt, police are still in shock as to the length she went.
“We were very surprised at the scene,” Xinhua quoted a policeman as saying. “She looked in her 30s and was different from the photos we had.”
The woman, identified as Zhu Najuan, confessed to have also used different peoples identity to travel around the country. She financed her plastic surgery using borrowed bank cards, it was revealed.
Xinhua said the city of Wuhan has also launched a series of crackdowns on debt defaulters, and detained a total of 186 people in the first half of the year.
I Would Never Attempt Killing Myself - Moyo Lawal
Recall the curvy actress had taken to IG a few hours ago to reveal she is battling depression and suicidal thoughts, well she says she never meant things that way.
She again took to IG to clear the air writing:
Wait.........hold up lovers.... I think we are ..eeem blowing things out of proportion!!!........................ God has been really good to me and my support system👌 is different shades of amazing ,my family ,friends turned family ,friends who have remained as friends 😒😐😁....fans turned friends are everything ••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Its just well ,I got really numb for a bit 😳 ...
............ it still shocks me that God Almighty has blessed me so much that I can actually live my life accordingly to my own rules ....like small short bowlegged, one kind looking me 🙈....although( Baba God🙌 please answer my call oooh)" I am still awaiting that. ••• "Hollywood magic and money"💎💎 and my "Kanye" ❤"••• .. But otherwise ,I can't complain•••••• P.s .......Thank you all so much for the love,because honestly the amount of people that have reached out me despite having their own problems is whew ...too sweet ....may the Almighty meet each and everyone of you in your hour of need💙
P.s..p.s ...So many people have reached out to me ,talking about their experiences and I will really love that to continue ,so pls feel free to reach out to me,I will love to listen and hopefully make things better 💙 ................................. P.s..p.s...p.s 😞😒 I didn't and will never attempt to kill myself ,ya all watch too many movies😨•🙈.... ........... 💜ML
At 35, there can be no doubt that I'm the perfect candidate to serve the people of Anambra as Governor- actor Yul Edochie says
Read what he wrote on IG this evening below;
"No wonder the people of France elected 39yr old Emmanuel Macron as President, the President of Ireland, Leo Varadkar is 38yrs old, the current Emir of Qatar is 35yrs old.
This is so because the Western world have understood the urgent need to fix the problems of the masses which must be met by young, vibrant, intelligent and decisive leaders.
They have understood that public office is not a retirement place.
We must not be left out. At 35, there can be no doubt that I'm the perfect candidate to serve the people of Anambra as Governor.
The problems of Ndi Anambra have come to THE LAST BUS STOP!!!".
ICYMI: FBI arrests Nigerian Adekunle Ojo for identity theft
The offences stemmed from Ojo’s phishing scheme, using an AOL and GMail email accounts that targeted school districts in Connecticut and Minnesota in an effort to get employees’ personal information and file bogus tax returns.
His arrest was announced Friday by Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation in New England.
Following his arrest at his Durham residence, Ojo appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge in Greensboro, N.C., and was ordered detained pending his transfer to the District of Connecticut.
Prosecutors said a school district employee in Glastonbury,
Connecticut, received an email in February that appeared to be sent by
another employee, who asked for tax information for 1,600 school
district workers. The worker who received the email then forwarded the
information, which was used in the scheme to file 122 bogus tax returns
seeking nearly $600,000 in refunds, authorities said.
Officials said the Internal Revenue Service processed about
six of the fake returns and electronically deposited nearly $37,000 in
refunds to various bank accounts.Investigators linked the email sent to the employee to Ojo, prosecutors said.
Officials also believe Ojo was involved in similar email schemes targeting school districts in Groton, Connecticut, and Bloomington, Minnesota.
In March, a Groton school employee emailed tax information of 1,300 employees in response to an email that appeared to be from the superintendent of schools. Authorities said the information was used to file about 66 fraudulent tax returns seeking about $364,000 in refunds. Officials said the fake returns weren’t processed because they had been flagged as being part of an identity theft scheme after school employees discovered the problem.
Prosecutors also said they linked the email account used by Ojo to a similar scam that obtained tax information for about 2,800 school employees in Bloomington earlier this year.
Eric Placke, a federal public defender in North Carolina who represented Ojo only for his initial court appearance, declined to comment Friday. It’s not clear who Ojo’s attorney will be in Connecticut.
Authorities said Ojo entered the U.S. in May 2016 on a visitor’s visa and failed to leave on his scheduled departure date in June 2016.
Daly urged the public to double-check links and email addresses before clicking on and responding to them, to avoid becoming an identity theft victim.
His arrest was
announced Friday by Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the
District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of
the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel
P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service
Criminal Investigation in New England
Following his arrest at his Durham residence, Ojo appeared before a U.S.
magistrate judge in Greensboro, N.C., and was ordered detained pending
his transfer to the District of Connecticut.
Prosecutors said a school district employee in Glastonbury, Connecticut,
received an email in February that appeared to be sent by another
employee, who asked for tax information for 1,600 school district
workers. The worker who received the email then forwarded the
information, which was used in the scheme to file 122 bogus tax returns
seeking nearly $600,000 in refunds, authorities said.
Officials said the Internal Revenue Service processed about six of the
fake returns and electronically deposited nearly $37,000 in refunds to
various bank accounts.
Investigators linked the email sent to the employee to Ojo, prosecutors
said.
Officials also believe Ojo was involved in similar email schemes
targeting school districts in Groton, Connecticut, and Bloomington,
Minnesota.
In March, a Groton school employee emailed tax information of 1,300
employees in response to an email that appeared to be from the
superintendent of schools. Authorities said the information was used to
file about 66 fraudulent tax returns seeking about $364,000 in refunds.
Officials said the fake returns weren’t processed because they had been
flagged as being part of an identity theft scheme after school employees
discovered the problem.
Prosecutors also said they linked the email account used by Ojo to a
similar scam that obtained tax information for about 2,800 school
employees in Bloomington earlier this year.
Eric Placke, a federal public defender in North Carolina who represented
Ojo only for his initial court appearance, declined to comment Friday.
It’s not clear who Ojo’s attorney will be in Connecticut.
Authorities said Ojo entered the U.S. in May 2016 on a visitor’s visa
and failed to leave on his scheduled departure date in June 2016.
Daly urged the public to double-check links and email addresses before
clicking on and responding to them, to avoid becoming an identity theft
victim.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigerian-adekunle-ojo-arrested-identity-theft-us/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigerian-adekunle-ojo-arrested-identity-theft-us/
His arrest was
announced Friday by Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the
District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of
the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel
P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service
Criminal Investigation in New England
Following his arrest at his Durham residence, Ojo appeared before a U.S.
magistrate judge in Greensboro, N.C., and was ordered detained pending
his transfer to the District of Connecticut.
Prosecutors said a school district employee in Glastonbury, Connecticut,
received an email in February that appeared to be sent by another
employee, who asked for tax information for 1,600 school district
workers. The worker who received the email then forwarded the
information, which was used in the scheme to file 122 bogus tax returns
seeking nearly $600,000 in refunds, authorities said.
Officials said the Internal Revenue Service processed about six of the
fake returns and electronically deposited nearly $37,000 in refunds to
various bank accounts.
Investigators linked the email sent to the employee to Ojo, prosecutors
said.
Officials also believe Ojo was involved in similar email schemes
targeting school districts in Groton, Connecticut, and Bloomington,
Minnesota.
In March, a Groton school employee emailed tax information of 1,300
employees in response to an email that appeared to be from the
superintendent of schools. Authorities said the information was used to
file about 66 fraudulent tax returns seeking about $364,000 in refunds.
Officials said the fake returns weren’t processed because they had been
flagged as being part of an identity theft scheme after school employees
discovered the problem.
Prosecutors also said they linked the email account used by Ojo to a
similar scam that obtained tax information for about 2,800 school
employees in Bloomington earlier this year.
Eric Placke, a federal public defender in North Carolina who represented
Ojo only for his initial court appearance, declined to comment Friday.
It’s not clear who Ojo’s attorney will be in Connecticut.
Authorities said Ojo entered the U.S. in May 2016 on a visitor’s visa
and failed to leave on his scheduled departure date in June 2016.
Daly urged the public to double-check links and email addresses before
clicking on and responding to them, to avoid becoming an identity theft
victim.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigerian-adekunle-ojo-arrested-identity-theft-us/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigerian-adekunle-ojo-arrested-identity-theft-us/
His arrest was
announced Friday by Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the
District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of
the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel
P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service
Criminal Investigation in New England
Following his arrest at his Durham residence, Ojo appeared before a U.S.
magistrate judge in Greensboro, N.C., and was ordered detained pending
his transfer to the District of Connecticut.
Prosecutors said a school district employee in Glastonbury, Connecticut,
received an email in February that appeared to be sent by another
employee, who asked for tax information for 1,600 school district
workers. The worker who received the email then forwarded the
information, which was used in the scheme to file 122 bogus tax returns
seeking nearly $600,000 in refunds, authorities said.
Officials said the Internal Revenue Service processed about six of the
fake returns and electronically deposited nearly $37,000 in refunds to
various bank accounts.
Investigators linked the email sent to the employee to Ojo, prosecutors
said.
Officials also believe Ojo was involved in similar email schemes
targeting school districts in Groton, Connecticut, and Bloomington,
Minnesota.
In March, a Groton school employee emailed tax information of 1,300
employees in response to an email that appeared to be from the
superintendent of schools. Authorities said the information was used to
file about 66 fraudulent tax returns seeking about $364,000 in refunds.
Officials said the fake returns weren’t processed because they had been
flagged as being part of an identity theft scheme after school employees
discovered the problem.
Prosecutors also said they linked the email account used by Ojo to a
similar scam that obtained tax information for about 2,800 school
employees in Bloomington earlier this year.
Eric Placke, a federal public defender in North Carolina who represented
Ojo only for his initial court appearance, declined to comment Friday.
It’s not clear who Ojo’s attorney will be in Connecticut.
Authorities said Ojo entered the U.S. in May 2016 on a visitor’s visa
and failed to leave on his scheduled departure date in June 2016.
Daly urged the public to double-check links and email addresses before
clicking on and responding to them, to avoid becoming an identity theft
victim.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigerian-adekunle-ojo-arrested-identity-theft-us/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigerian-adekunle-ojo-arrested-identity-theft-us/
His arrest was
announced Friday by Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the
District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of
the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel
P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service
Criminal Investigation in New England
Following his arrest at his Durham residence, Ojo appeared before a U.S.
magistrate judge in Greensboro, N.C., and was ordered detained pending
his transfer to the District of Connecticut.
Prosecutors said a school district employee in Glastonbury, Connecticut,
received an email in February that appeared to be sent by another
employee, who asked for tax information for 1,600 school district
workers. The worker who received the email then forwarded the
information, which was used in the scheme to file 122 bogus tax returns
seeking nearly $600,000 in refunds, authorities said.
Officials said the Internal Revenue Service processed about six of the
fake returns and electronically deposited nearly $37,000 in refunds to
various bank accounts.
Investigators linked the email sent to the employee to Ojo, prosecutors
said.
Officials also believe Ojo was involved in similar email schemes
targeting school districts in Groton, Connecticut, and Bloomington,
Minnesota.
In March, a Groton school employee emailed tax information of 1,300
employees in response to an email that appeared to be from the
superintendent of schools. Authorities said the information was used to
file about 66 fraudulent tax returns seeking about $364,000 in refunds.
Officials said the fake returns weren’t processed because they had been
flagged as being part of an identity theft scheme after school employees
discovered the problem.
Prosecutors also said they linked the email account used by Ojo to a
similar scam that obtained tax information for about 2,800 school
employees in Bloomington earlier this year.
Eric Placke, a federal public defender in North Carolina who represented
Ojo only for his initial court appearance, declined to comment Friday.
It’s not clear who Ojo’s attorney will be in Connecticut.
Authorities said Ojo entered the U.S. in May 2016 on a visitor’s visa
and failed to leave on his scheduled departure date in June 2016.
Daly urged the public to double-check links and email addresses before
clicking on and responding to them, to avoid becoming an identity theft
victim.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigerian-adekunle-ojo-arrested-identity-theft-us/
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigerian-adekunle-ojo-arrested-identity-theft-us/
His arrest was
announced Friday by Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the
District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of
the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joel
P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Revenue Service
Criminal Investigation in New England
Following his arrest at his Durham residence, Ojo appeared before a U.S.
magistrate judge in Greensboro, N.C., and was ordered detained pending
his transfer to the District of Connecticut.
Prosecutors said a school district employee in Glastonbury, Connecticut,
received an email in February that appeared to be sent by another
employee, who asked for tax information for 1,600 school district
workers. The worker who received the email then forwarded the
information, which was used in the scheme to file 122 bogus tax returns
seeking nearly $600,000 in refunds, authorities said.
Officials said the Internal Revenue Service processed about six of the
fake returns and electronically deposited nearly $37,000 in refunds to
various bank accounts.
Investigators linked the email sent to the employee to Ojo, prosecutors
said.
Officials also believe Ojo was involved in similar email schemes
targeting school districts in Groton, Connecticut, and Bloomington,
Minnesota.
In March, a Groton school employee emailed tax information of 1,300
employees in response to an email that appeared to be from the
superintendent of schools. Authorities said the information was used to
file about 66 fraudulent tax returns seeking about $364,000 in refunds.
Officials said the fake returns weren’t processed because they had been
flagged as being part of an identity theft scheme after school employees
discovered the problem.
Prosecutors also said they linked the email account used by Ojo to a
similar scam that obtained tax information for about 2,800 school
employees in Bloomington earlier this year.
Eric Placke, a federal public defender in North Carolina who represented
Ojo only for his initial court appearance, declined to comment Friday.
It’s not clear who Ojo’s attorney will be in Connecticut.
Authorities said Ojo entered the U.S. in May 2016 on a visitor’s visa
and failed to leave on his scheduled departure date in June 2016.
Daly urged the public to double-check links and email addresses before
clicking on and responding to them, to avoid becoming an identity theft
victim.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigerian-adekunle-ojo-arrested-identity-theft-us/
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Fulani herdsman whose cows destroyed farmlands in Ekiti sentenced to jail
Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose via his twitter handle, disclosed that a Fulani herdsman whose cows destroyed the farmlands of some people in the state was sentenced to jail yesterday. In August 2016, Fayose signed the state's anti-grazing bill into law. The bill outlaws open grazing as well as grazing in undesignated areas.
