Posted on 11/18/2022 10:15:49 PM PST by blueplum
Two Nigerian athletes are facing up to a decade behind bars after taking part in a fraud scheme uncovered by the FBI. Last week, Emmanuel Ineh and Toluwani Adebakin were convicted of transferring tens of thousands of dollars to the West African country as part of what was deemed "a complex fraud scheme" by the American justice department.
The 23 and 25-year-olds were team-mates at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi when they were found to be part of the conspiracy. According to the prosecutors, athletes from multiple institutions....
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” convicted of transferring tens of thousands of dollars to the West African country as part of what was deemed “a complex fraud scheme” by the American justice department.”
And how did the DOJ keep a straight face while discussing a complex scheme of “tens of thousands of dollars”?
But Hunter BidenIdiot still walking around, breathing and claiming heIdiot no longer does drugs in obscene quantities...........and not in jail/prison.
I don’t know how it worked out this way, but Nigerians and Russians have made a Fine Art out of creating and acting out various fraud schemes. I will follow that statement by saying there are good and plenty Nigerians and Russians who do not ever deal in fraudulent ventures, at least not to their knowledge.
:...but Nigerians and Russians have made a Fine Art out of creating and acting out various fraud schemes”
Apparently, the Bernie Madoff minime, DEMs, FTX, Ukraine money laundering just flew right over your head here the last week or so? Yes, that would infer the US has made “a Fine Art out of creating and acting out various fraud schemes”.........
So they transferred money to Africa. Who did they defraud?
No human, corporate, or government, ie taypayer victim, no fraud.
COVID small business money?
I guess those days where there was a presumption of most Americans being ‘pure, righteous and sincere’ is very much over.
It is what it is.
The article does not describe what the scheme was, but it was likely a “419.”
https://www.comparitech.com/identity-theft-protection/nigerian-scam/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam
and the wonderful:
Hey FBI! You’ve got a White House full of thieves. And it is more than “tens of thousands of dollars” we’re talking. Try to pay attention.
And, in other news, “Dog Bites Man!”
Nigerians committing fraud. What are the odds?
Nigerian fraudsters tend to go after senior citizens, contacting them online and convincing them that they have a computer virus and need to give the “tech support” access to their computer. They get grandmothers to put thousands on gift cards and give them the numbers. They convince people that they are romantic partners, distant relatives, or there to help them invest in crypto. They pretend that Amazon is giving the a refund, but then “accidentally transfer” a thousand dollars that must be refunded immediately via gift cards... it goes on and on.
“tens of thousands of dollars”
in the mean time, Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Stephen Ehrlich, Alex Mashinsky, Flori Marquez, the Winklevoss twins, and a dozen other crypto mega-scamsters stole tens of billions from millions of stupid people, and not a single scamster has been charged with a crime ...
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