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  • APC lists out 20 scams by PDP that landed Nigeria into poverty [List attached]

    APC lists out 20 scams by PDP that landed Nigeria into poverty [List attached]

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has listed 20 scams allegedly committed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

    The ruling party said the 20 scams committed by the PDP in 16 years of ruling the country landed Nigeria into the poverty the masses are currently faced with.

    See list below:

    SOME OF THE DANGEROUS PDP SCAMS THAT LANDED NIGERIA INTO MASSIVE POVERTY BEING SALVAGED BY BUHARI…

    PLEASE COUNTER ME WITH FACTS:

    1. $182m Halliburton scam,

    2. $16b Power Scam (OBJ & Atiku)

    3. $470m CCTVmillion scam (Jonathan)

    4. $118m Siemens scam,

    5. $2.5b PHCN/Gencos/Discos scam,

    6. $1.2b Malabu Oil Scam,

    7. $9.6b P&ID Scam,

    8. N6b Cassava bread Scam,

    9. N50b Rural Stove Scam (Jonathan)

    10. Immigration Scam (Jonathan)

    11. NDDC 4 Trillion Naira (PDP 16yrs),

    12. NNPC 20Billion Dollars (Jonathan said America will confirm)

    13. 15Billion Dollars (Jonathan & Ayo Oritsejiafor via a Private Jet to South Africa for black market),

    14. Billions of Naira for Spiritual Men; Islam and Christians (Jonathan second term ambition)

    15. Dasuki Gate, which you know better (Jonathan)

    16. Billions of Dollars on Ajaokuta Steel (PDP all the way)

    17. Sovereign Wealth Funds squandered (PDP all the way) major reason for Recession. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Charles Soludo and Sanusi predicted, but Jonathan sacked them. PDP further punished Sanusi,

    18. Billions of Dollars spent on Agitators (PDP all the way). Well, my people benefited,

    19. Billions on Aso Rock Clinic ( Jonathan). Nothing to show,

    20. Billions of contracts awarded to senior citizens of Niger Delta (by Jonathan) for Shore Protection, but not a single block of cement found anywhere till today.

  • U.S. jails Nigerian-American, Emeka, 4 years for scams

    Emeka Ndukwu, 46, a Nigerian-American based in Maryland, has been sentenced to four years in prison for engaging in business e-mail scheme and conspiring to launder more than $900,000 proceeds of scams.

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in a statement, said Ndukwu tricked seven companies in the United States and abroad into wiring more than $900,000 into accounts controlled by various co-conspirators.

    “A co-defendant, Chuka Mbonu, 33, of Nigeria, remains at large,” the U.S. authorities said.

    FBI said: “Ndukwu, a dual citizen of the United States and Nigeria, pleaded guilty in April 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to one count of money laundering conspiracy.

    “He was sentenced by the Honourable Timothy J. Kelly. Following his prison term, he will be placed on three years of supervised release.

    “The judge also ordered Ndukwu to pay $791,870 in restitution to the companies.

    “Additionally, Judge Kelly ordered Ndukwu to forfeit a 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL450 and to pay a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $429,848, representing the share of the criminal proceeds that Ndukwu personally obtained”.

    According to documents filed at the time of the plea, Ndukwu participated in an ongoing conspiracy from 2013 through 2017 to receive and launder the proceeds of various cyber frauds, primarily arising from business e-mail (“BEC”) compromise schemes.

    In a typical BEC scheme, a co-conspirator tricks a company into transferring large sums of money into accounts controlled by others participating in the scheme.

    Using fake e-mails, often containing forged sender addresses, co-conspirators impersonate someone connected to the victim company and deceive an employee of that company into wiring funds.

    Soon after the wire transfers are completed, the co-conspirators drain the bank accounts and launder the criminal proceeds.

    “This particular conspiracy targeted at least seven companies in the United States and overseas, including victims in Texas, Illinois, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, India, Japan, and China.

    “The victims were fraudulently induced into sending $916,056 in wire transfers to accounts controlled by Ndukwu and other co-conspirators.

    “The funds were then laundered through transactions conducted in Washington, D.C. and other jurisdictions, including layering through shell company accounts and accounts controlled by co-conspirators,” the FBI said.

    According to the court documents, Ndukwu used false aliases and forged Nigerian passports to facilitate these schemes, and he used encrypted messaging to communicate with co-conspirators.

    Ndukwu was indicted in December 2017 and has been in custody since his arrest that month.

    The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

    Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christopher Brown and Michael Marando are prosecuting the case, with assistance from Paralegal Specialist C. Rosalind Pressley, while former Assistant U.S. Attorney Natalia Medina participated in investigating the case.