Posted on 09/06/2026 4:29:24 AM PDT by DFG
An allegedly corrupt senior immigration official and his sleazy moneyman are accused of manipulating the US immigration process and approving citizenship applications for nearly $960,000 in bribes, authorities said on Friday.
Investigators discovered the reported racket through WhatsApp messages between former senior United States Citizenship and Immigration Services officer Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, his financial accomplice Adeniyi Akeem Somoye, and individual citizenship applicants.
The pair, located in Texas, bypassed standard procedures by funneling bribe-paying applicants directly to Ganiyu — skipping key steps in the immigration process like criminal background checks, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.
Ganiyu rigged the USCIS system to seize control of applications, fast-tracking them for a payout, prosecutors said.
The senior official allegedly fast-tracked citizenship for his alleged partner in crime, Somoye, then green-lit residency for Somoye’s wife and child.
Ganiyu hijacked the system to snatch files from field offices in Minneapolis, Charlotte, and Houston — avoiding local supervisors to rubber-stamp the applications himself, according to the US attorney’s office.
Between December 2019 and March 2026, Ganiyu pocketed roughly $671,438 via Zelle and Cash App — plus $287,830 in cash deposits designed to hide the money’s source — from citizenship applicants, according to court documents obtained by The Post.
Acting as money manager, Somoye accumulated roughly $1.7 million in transfer volume, which is partially attributed to applicants via bank transfers, Zelle, and Cash App, skimming a portion of the applicants’ bribes as payment. He also deposited $449,010 in cash, according to the documents.
The illicit windfall dwarfs their meager reported incomes: Ganiyu pulled in a $67,732 annual government paycheck, while his moneyman Somoye claimed a measly $7,506 in legitimate yearly wages.
As the investigation mounted, Ganiyu was not immediately fired.
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Hey!
They import their cultural acceptance of corruption and bribery. “Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, his financial accomplice Adeniyi Akeem Somoye” indeed reveal what you might guess at.
Amish.
Not one “Smith” involved.
Much of the world works on bribes. Friends who were now American citizens but born and raised in the Soviet Union returned to visit parents. They were shocked in the nineties when everything they tried to do required a bribe. Even getting through passport control. When the elderly mother fell, it took a bribe to get an ambulance ride to the hospital. For another $20 the mother was taken in the rear and right to an Xray machine in front of dozens of the other patients. People coming from another country probably expect to pay a bribe. It’s normal.
“”””An allegedly corrupt senior immigration official and his sleazy moneyman are accused of manipulating the US immigration process and approving citizenship applications for nearly $960,000 in bribes, authorities said on Friday.””””
OK so this SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL received $960,000.
But what I want to know is how many ILLEGAL ALIENS are now NATURUALIZED CITIZENS because of those bribes???????
Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu
Adeniyi Akeem Somoye
I think I see the problem.
Can we please pass a law that prevents people with names like “Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu” from becoming US immigration officials?
I they are White men hang them ASAP, if not free those freedom fighters!
When I lived in DC, the going price for ‘enhanced consideration’ started at $5k. Some people who worked at State retired wealthy. I’m sure the process is still hopelessly corrupted.
Is anyone else tired of reading articles about fraud and bribes like this?
Anyone have any problem with the likes of these two with those names in charge of "United States Citizenship and Immigration?"
Import the 3rd world...
And how soon they will be stripped of their citizenship and deported.
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