Nigerians have expressed sadness over the arrest of 80 of their compatriots in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in an ongoing investigation related to fraud cases.
This medium had earlier reported that the US Attorney, Nick Hanna, made this known at a press conference on Thursday in Los Angeles, California.
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Hanna said the fraud cases involved suspects colluding with federal and state agents to dupe unsuspecting victims of their money.
He said a total of 80 suspects, “many of whom are from Nigeria”, have been arrested and charged to court with 57 more being hunted globally.
Hanna alleged that two Nigerians, Iro and Igbokwe were “essentially brokers” of fraudulent bank accounts by fielding requests for bank account information and laundering the money obtained from victims.
Reacting to the incident, a particular respondent said until every foreign country ban Nigerians from their country, the government would not find a solution to fraud and cybercrime.
Check out some of their reactions on the issue below:
https://twitter.com/mobytoolz/status/1164698527500574720
https://twitter.com/soji_surge/status/1164753707197554690
https://twitter.com/tickin_clocks/status/1164759812971757569
https://twitter.com/Daybor/status/1164717686863147008
NIGERIA MONEY SCAM!!!
Can we ever rise from this ruin?
80 Nigerians were indicted and i'm sure we know most of these names – they are our brothers,friends,one of us nd now they STAIN all of us – some of them I understand were only accomplices, providing their bank details for i— Babel (@Mo_Babel) August 23, 2019
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https://twitter.com/Faustynowilson/status/1164758563484360704
https://twitter.com/okohanthonyo/status/1164736314970972160
https://twitter.com/Eemperor_trilon/status/1164719945281921025
https://twitter.com/Ayokumzy/status/1164756856192954369
80 Nigerians arrested by d FBI 4 fraud
Thank God y'all can C these men are not youths,dy are grown ass men, they look responsible, dy gat no dread
These women shouting here,stop doing fraud yen yen yen,funny enough their husbands/BF are doing fraud on low key, and they don't know— MDB (@Jesse800_) August 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/ObongRoviel/status/1164679871005700097
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https://twitter.com/IdBoss2/status/1164723896979009536
Nigerians are ridiculous, 80 Nigerians were arrested in the U.S for what is considered largest crime of its kind in the U.S history & Nigerians are more concerned about tribe, saying the names listed are Igbo. Do you think the outside world give a fuck? You all are Nigerians ffs.
— Alexander The Great II (@makingcheddah) August 23, 2019
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