FBI

May 20, (THEWILL) — The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has secured the arrest and extradition of a Nigerian, Samuel Ugberaese, to the United States to face prosecution over his alleged role in a transnational cyber romance...

March 21, (THEWILL) — Robert Mueller, a former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Special Counsel who investigated allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election and the role of Donald Trump and his...

December 04, (THEWILL) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday announced the first arrest linked to the pipe bombs planted outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters on the eve of the...

September 25, (THEWILL) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has announced a reward of up to $10,000 (approximately N14 million) for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, a Nigerian national, who...

July 05, (THEWILL) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize property belonging to Ehiremen Aigbokhan, a Lagos-based fraudster accused of stealing over N460 million ($250,300) in cryptocurrency donations meant for U.S....

June 05, (THEWILL) – A Nigerian programmer, Sapphire Egemasi, popularly known as the “Tech Queen”, has been arrested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in connection with a $1.3 million fraud which targeted US government agencies. Arrested...

May 02, (THEWILL) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have requested a 90-day extension from a U.S. District Court in Columbia to release documents related to their investigations into a drug-related case...

April 24, (THEWILL) – A Nigerian national resident in Atlanta, Ebuka Iwuagwu, has been arrested by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for alleged fraud involving COVID-19 relief funds and a coordinated romance scam. Iwuagwu, 39, was taken...

February 27, (THEWILL) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), on Wednesday, said that North Korea was behind the theft of about 1.5 billion dollars in digital assets from Bybit, a Dubai-based crypto trading platform. Bybit reported that hackers on...

November 28, (THEWILL) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a notorious fraudster, Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, popularly known as ‘Bobo Chicago'. THEWILL gathered that the 25-year-old Nigerian was nabbed over his alleged involvement in a business email scam...