Taking to her Instagram page, the distressed actress shared screenshots as evidence of the fraudulent activity, seeking assistance from her followers and notable media personalities.

She revealed the details of the fraudster who emptied her account with two transactions, despite not authorizing any or having any engagement with the fraudster.

According to her, all means to reverse the transactions have proven futile, as she called on the bank to step in.

“I need help cos I’m dyung. This person has just cleared my account. Pls my people, everyone pls help. Pls Zenith Bank, Reverse it. I can’t access my app. I’m dead,” she wrote in her initial post.

In another post, she revealed she does not even have a kobo left to feed herself and her children as her entire savings is what has been wiped out.

“Nigerians please help me. Someone called Cecilia just cleared all the N3.6 million in my Zenith Bank account into her Opay. I’m now koboless. I have nothing to eat with my children.”

The actress’s cries for help have sparked concern among Nigerians, with many expressing solidarity and offering support during this challenging time.

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He was convicted on Wednesday, June 15, having pleaded guilty to one count charge of fraudulent impersonation.

The court heard that Chibue, under the name Surajo Ascencio, created accounts on Facebook and Instagram specifically to lure women into a relationship scam.

He is said to have demanded monies from the victims after which he disables his account and goes into hiding.

However, one of his victims, Sarah Vankuta alias Danne Gibbs facilitated his arrest. He scammed her of $4,328 under the pretext of fake love.

Consequently, Chibuke was handed a communal labour sentence of six months.

He has been ordered to sweep a church in the vicinity for the entire six months.

The court heard that “through subterfuge and impersonation, Obinwanne Okeke engaged in a multi-year global business email and computer hacking scheme that caused a staggering $11 million in losses to his victims,” Raj Parekh, acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said in a statement Tuesday after the sentencing.

British company Unatrac Holding Limited — the export sales office for industrial machinery company Caterpillar — was the victim of an online heist perpetrated by Mr Okeke and his team, who had obtained their login details through phishing emails, the justice department said.

“In April 2018, Unatrac executive fell prey to a phishing email that allowed conspirators to capture login credentials,” according to the statement.

“The conspirators sent fraudulent wire transfer requests and attached fake invoices. Okeke participated in the effort to victimise Unatrac through fraudulent wire transfers totaling nearly $11 million, which was transferred overseas,” the statement added.

Mr Okeke, who was hailed as a promising entrepreneur and appeared on the Forbes magazine’s ’30 under 30 list,’ had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge in June 2020, after he was arrested during a visit to the US.

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Mr Okeke, who operated a chain of companies under parent firm Invictus Group — based in Nigeria — was found to have committed series of wire frauds between 2015 and 2019 along with others.

“The conspirators obtained and compiled the credentials of hundreds of victims, including victims in the Eastern District of Virginia,” the US justice department said.

“The FBI will not allow cyber criminals free reign in the digital world to prey on U.S. companies,” Brian Dugan, the FBI’s Special Agent in Charge of Norfolk Field Office said after the sentencing.

Mr Okeke was arrested by the FBI at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, in August 2019, just before he got on a flight to Nigeria during a visit to the US.

His sentencing was initially scheduled for October 22, 2020, but was deferred until February 16, 2021.

In June 2016, Mr Okeke, who was 28 at the time, was recognised by Forbes among Africa’s Most Promising Entrepreneurs under 30 and was praised for his strides in construction, agriculture, oil and gas, telecoms and real estate.

The Forbes article stated that he was the 17th child in a polygamous home of four wives, and was born into an impoverished background.

According to Forbes, Mr Okeke named his company Invictus “after one of Nelson Mandela’s favourite poems by William Ernest Henley, about the undefeated and unconquerable soul of a hard worker, from an impoverished background, who will not give up.”

The suspect, Maxwell Yanzy, a resident of Kasoa, was arrested through the collaborative efforts of the management of the West Hills Mall, the police and support from a prospective victim.

Officers from the Police Criminal Investigations Department arrested Yanzy at the Las Palmas Restaurant at Abeka Lapaz where he was filling out fake employment registration forms for jobs at the West Hills Mall for one Augustine Baah and another man – an undercover security man at the West Hills Mall.

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The suspect charged Mr Baah GH¢500.00 for the employment forms and registration processes.

How it began

It all began in the evening of December 11 last year when Mr Baah, who resides at Gbawe approached the management of the West Hills Mall claiming to be following up on a job offer he had received from the mall.

Mr Baah told the management of the mall that his mother had given him the phone number of a ‘senior official’ at the mall who, she said was working to get him employment at the mall upon completion of the facility’s employment formalities and payment of the requisite fees.

The Operations Manager of the retail complex, Bernard Denkyi, informed Mr Baah that the so-called job offer he had been promised was fake and that he could be the victim of a scam. Mr Baah subsequently agreed to assist the management of the mall to arrest the suspect and bring him to book.

As evidence of his dealings with the supposed ‘senior official’, Mr Baah produced the suspect’s phone number and voice mails and SMS communication between him and the suspect and gave them to the officials of the West Hills Mall.

Rendezvous

He disclosed further that he was scheduled to meet Yanzy at the Las Palmas Restaurant at Abeka Lapaz the following day to fill out employment registration forms and pay a fee of GH¢500.00.

The mall’s management thereafter alerted the police at La Paz of the rendezvous and as part of their plan got a security officer with the West Hills Mall to be introduced to the suspect as a close friend of Mr Baah who was also keen on getting a job at the mall.

On Saturday, December 12, 2020, as the suspect was busily filling out employment registration for the two ‘job seekers’, police in plainclothes swooped in and arrested him.

The suspect is currently on police enquiry bail, while investigations continue.

Hushpuppi who is mostly known for showing off his luxury lifestyle on photo-sharing app, Instagram, disclosed that he has a family even if he does not put their pictures up on social media.

According to Premium Times, the Nigerian man who has been based in Dubai for some years revealed to Pretrial Services that he has two kids who live in London and a third one that resides in New York City.

Hushpuppi also disclosed that the three kids he has are all from three different women.

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The individual added that in the past five years he has been in an unsteady relationship with the mother of his last child.

Recall that some weeks ago the prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis came out to dismiss speculations that Hushpuppi who is facing a fraud-related case gained St Kitts citizenship by virtue of investing.

The PM, however, revealed that the Nigerian man got married to a citizen of the country identified as Nawana Nakesia Chapman.

He said Hushpuppi got his citizenship of the country by virtue of his marriage to the lady.

Still in a related Hushpuppi story, it was reported that the alleged fraudster’s lawyer, Gal Pissetzky, maintained that his client is innocent of fraud charges.

The legal expert also noted that Hushpuppi gained his wealth by the virtue of businesses like real estate and brand promotion.

The Bureau of National Investigations apprehended the alleged fraudster when he tired to make away with GH¢1,600.00 he made from the sales.

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In a viral video sighted on Instagram, the guy, who appeared sober, feigned ignorance about the incident though it was his number the buyer found on Tonaton and contacted.

He was made to reveal his business tricks and how long he had been involved in the activity.

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Kwabena Adu Agyei, a pastor, and Abgletor Samuel were arrested separately in their homes, while a third accomplice, identified as Paul Adusei, is on the run.

The police believe there are other members of the gang. The group is said to have defrauded hundreds of Ghanaians of thousands of Ghana cedis.

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They are said to swindle people on the pretext of helping them acquire visas to various countries.

Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Tesano Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Mr Oduro Amaning, said a victim reported to the police that in November last year, the suspects charged him GHc12,000 to help him acquire a visa to travel to Germany.

The victim said he made part payment of GHc5,750 to the suspects to commence processing of his travel documents and for him to pay the rest when the visa was delivered.

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However, after parting with the money, the victim said, the suspects refused to answer his phone calls to them as they went into hiding.

Through intelligence, however, the police arrested Agyei at Asofan, while Agbletor was arrested at Nii Boi Town, both in Accra.

The police found eight passports, 17 Mutual Health Insurance cards and an unspecified number of passport pictures on the two suspects.

The self-styled businessman was about two weeks ago granted bail in the sum of GH¢ 900,000 with six sureties who are gainfully employed.

He was also ordered to submit his passport to the registry of the court as well as report himself at the Commercial Crime Unit and to the case investigator, Inspector Dorglo every two weeks.

On that same day, another case in which he was charged for defrauding the wife of a Kumasi High Court judge of the sum of GH¢62,000 under the pretext of buying an auction Range Rover vehicle for her within one week was withdrawn from court.

But he has now been dragged before another judge for defrauding a forex bureau operator to the tune of US$ 23,000, equivalent to GH¢ 102,350.

He is also facing a charge of issuing a dud/false cheque in April, 2017 knowing that the money in his bank account was less than the money quoted on the check.

The court presided over by Ruby Naa Ayikai Aryeetey granted him bail in the sum of GH¢ 102, 400 with three sureties.

The case has been adjourned to November 20, 2017.

The fact of the case as presented by ASP Stephen Adjei is that Arnold Asante approached the forex bureau operator and expressed interest in buying US dollars.

He said the complainant went to Mr. Asante’s office on April, 2017 where he gave him US$ 23,000 and was issued a cheque to withdraw the equivalent of the money in Ghana Cedis.

But the cheque was dishonoured for lack of funds when the complainant went to the bank to withdraw the money.

He then confronted Asante who promised to refund the money but failed to do so. The complainant thus reported him to the police and he was arrested.

ASP Adjei added that in the course of investigation, a statement of account received from Asante’s account through a court order indicated that at the time of issuing the cheque, he had only GH¢ 1,058 in his account, an indication the accused knew he had less fund in his account.

He said the accused has since paid the complainant GH¢ 65,000.

Meanwhile, the main case in which Arnold Asante is standing trial for defrauding Kofi Adams has been adjourned to December 7, 2017.

The prosecution was ready to call in its witness for cross examination but presiding judge, Mrs. Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye said she will going on leave and thus may not be able to take the witness’s statement in full as they may have to come back.

She therefore adjourned the case to December 7, 2017, by which time she would have resumed work.

Enchill Obeng aka Naana was busted at Baah Yard, Awoshie, Accra, after reportedly playing hide-and-seek with the police for nine months.

Earlier, the police arrested a woman suspected to be Enchill Obeng at Osu on May 14, 2017, but upon investigations the law enforcers realized that it was a mistaken identity; and on the orders of the Director General in-charge of CID, COP Bright Oduro,  she was granted bail.

Upon a tip-off, Enchill was later busted by the Osu police in another case and was later handed over to the CID for investigation.

According to the police, the Tesano, Adabraka, Teshie and Airport police are also investigating her for fraud.

The Director in-Charge of Operations at the CID headquarters in Accra, ACP Peter Gyimah, told DAILY GUIDE that Enchill Obeng, who operated with the name Naana, displays various vehicles for sale with her contact numbers on them.

When interested persons contact her, she then arranges to either meet them or asks her accomplices to do so and in the process, takes from prospective buyers monies ranging from GH¢9,000 to GH¢50,000 and absconds, leaving the victims to their fate.

Modus Operandi

Enchill Obeng, according to ACP Gyimah, takes the buyers to other persons she claims are the real owners of the vehicles.

After the money has been paid, Enchill and her cohorts then present the victims with fake car keys and documents and asks them to go for the vehicles.

When the victims get to where the supposed vehicles are parked, they will not find them (vehicles).

When they return to the place where the money was paid, they do not meet anybody.

Police investigations have revealed that the suspect and her accomplices often use apartments with owners outside the country or hospitals for their nefarious activities.

Six of the victims of Enchill Obeng told the police that their monies were collected at the Korle-Bu Teaching, 37 Military and the Ridge Hospitals.

Fifty-seven-year-old Anthony Egyim was arrested last Wednesday after he had gone into hiding for months.

Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Asokwa District Police Commander, DSP Mr George Bawa, said Yaw Kodua, 29, a dealer in computer accessories who had returned from Italy where he was based, was approached by the suspect, Mr Egyim, who promised to double any amount of money he had.

After Egyim had succeeded in persuading Kodua, the former, together with his accomplice, one Frank who is at large, demonstrated the act apparently to convince and entice Kodua.

Initially, the two suspected swindlers increased GHS50 to GHS150 of which they took GHS50 and gave Kodua GHS100.

According to DSP Mr Bawa, days later, the two again increased GHS500 to GHS1,500. They took GHS500 as their share and gave Kodua GHS1,000.

After the two demonstrations, Kodua appeared convinced but was unable to raise the GHS30,000 which the two had demanded to be increased to GHS300,000.

Kodua was, however, able to raise GHS10,000 which he gave to the two who promised to be back with the increased money but never returned.

Unlike the two demonstrations which were done in his presence, the last one was taken away because they claimed they needed some special chemicals because of the quantum.

After several attempts to get through to Mr Egyim had failed, Kodua pretended to have travelled back to Italy by switching off his mobile phone for weeks.

Mr Egyim, who until then had been hiding, then resurfaced at his usual Baba Yara Stadium area where he was grabbed by Kodua and handed over to the Asokwa police.

DSP Mr Bawa said Mr Egyim and his accomplice had been charged with money doubling and would be put before court.