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, โmany of whom are from Nigeriaโ, have been arrested and charged to court with 57 more being hunted globally.
Hanna alleged that two Nigerians, Iro and Igbokwe were โessentially brokersโ 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:
80 Nigerians wow!
I even saw "ifeanyichukwu oluwadare "
Took time to read through those names nd I'm abashed.
Even if it's coming from a tribe they are still tagged as Nigerians. We are in this mess together. It's best we work together cuz these rulers won't help pic.twitter.com/Ux4jG5sCym— Jamila ๐ณ๐ฌโฝ (@mobytoolz) August 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/soji_surge/status/1164753707197554690
All the big boys y'all used to envy are on that 80 Nigerians list ๐๐๐๐๐๐
— Spearless Spartan โ๏ธ (@tickin_clocks) August 23, 2019
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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Until every foreign country bans Nigerians from entry before our eyes will clear. Only Nigerians robbed a bank in Dubai, now 80 Nigerians arrested in USA for cyber scam, many still awaiting death sentence in Asian countries for drug trafficking. Abeg who curse us. pic.twitter.com/fzEXnyGaIH
— ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ That Ghanaian Obi-dient ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ โ (@Faustynowilson) August 23, 2019
So here's the list of 80 Nigerians released by FBI for fraud cases. #bbnaija19 pic.twitter.com/gUnFtFBeHb
— Director Tee of Teesside ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง (@okohanthonyo) August 23, 2019
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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Just 80 Nigerians were arrested by the FBI and Nigerians are acting surprised that such number of people are into fraud ๐.
In every university in Nigeria at least 60% of the boys are yahoo boys. If we are to be truthful to ourselves, more than 5 million Nigerians are into yahoo— mouthpiece of the gods ๐ (@iam_idboss) August 23, 2019
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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