Nigerian Man Nabbed In Ghana For $7.5 Million Scam Targeting Charity Organisations

• A Nigerian man has been arrested in Ghana over fraud in the US to the tune of $7.5 million
• The suspect was arrested in Ghana on December 29, 2023, and is yet to be put before a court
• The Nigerian, Olusegun Samson Adejorin, is facing federal charges in the US for the scams

A Nigerian man has been arrested in Ghana after he allegedly targeted two charity organisations in the US for fraud.

The Nigerian Olusegun Samson Adejorin is facing federal charges in the US for scams that amounted to $7.5 million.

Adejorin was arrested in Ghana on December 29, 2023, and is yet to be prosecuted.

Between June and August 2020, he allegedly accessed employee email accounts at Maryland and New York charities.

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Posing as authorised personnel, Adejorin allegedly tricked the institutions into transferring over $7.5 million from the New York charity's investment funds held by the Maryland organisation.

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Three Cameroonian nationals were jailed for fraudulently acquiring a Ghana card and Ghana passport.

The three convicts plead guilty to entering and remaining in Ghana without a permit in addition to the Ghana Card fraud.

The three have been identified as Tibab Beltus Mbachick, Mbaku Ransson and Mba Dieudonne Akuro.

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YEN.com.gh reported earlier that two Nigerian women were jailed for 10 years and seven years with hard labour after a sex trafficking conviction.

The two women cried in court when sentenced on trafficking charges and begged to be sent back to Nigeria.

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In a separate story, YEN.com.gh has reported that a Ghanaian man in Belgium has been jailed for one year because of alleged fraud during a driving test.

The man hired a lookalike to trick examiners and take the test on his behalf after failing 12 previous times.

The prosecutor in the case lauded the driving test examiners for being vigilant and detecting fraud.

Source: YEN.com.gh