Nine Nigerians, including the son of veteran Fuji musician, Kwam 1, 26-year-old Sultan Omogbadebo Anifowoshe, have been arrested in the US and Nigeria as part of an international investigation into online ‘love scams’ and ‘mystery shopper’ schemes that made victims lose at least $2 million over the past two years.
During the Chicago-based investigation, dubbed “Operation Gold Phish,” law enforcement identified a variety of cyber-enabled fraud schemes allegedly carried out by conspirators in the US and Nigeria.
A criminal complaint filed December 4, 2018, in US District Court in Chicago charged nine defendants with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Arrests were recently carried out in Illinois, Texas, and Nigeria, and all of the defendants are now in law enforcement custody.
