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The FBI has arrested 24 people out of Atlanta in connection to large scale fraud and money laundering. Two of the defendants Afeez Olaide Adeniran and Blessing Ojo face separate charges of wire fraud.
“The indictment alleges that due to a computer intrusion and false invoicing scam, Ojo caused a media company in California to send payments totaling $89,140 to a bank account controlled by one of the defendants. In total, the victim sent $646,840 as a result of the fraud.”
According to howafrica.com, the defendants were money launderers for various individuals around the world. In all, the 24 defendants and their co-conspirators swindled over 30 million dollars from the victims. To read more about this story click here.