FBI arrests Nigerian 'tech queen' Sapphire Egemasi over multimillion-dollar Internet fraud, money laundering.🤯


 

Nigerian programmer Sapphire

Egemasi, known online as a "tech queen," was arrested around April 10, 2025, in the Bronx, New York, along with several co-conspirators, including Ghanaian national Samuel Kwadwo Osei, who is believed to have led the syndicate. The arrests followed a federal grand jury indictment on internet fraud and money laundering charges related to offenses that allegedly occurred between September 2021 and February 2023.


According to court documents, the group conspired to defraud U.S. government agencies of millions of dollars. Ms. Egemasi's role involved creating fake websites mimicking U.S. government institutions to steal login credentials. She also assisted in redirecting stolen funds through wire transfers to accounts controlled by the fraudsters. Text messages revealed that in August 2022, the group rerouted $965,000 in stolen funds from the city of Kentucky to a PNC Bank account and diverted another $330,000 to a Bank of America account.


Ms. Egemasi, who had previously lived in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and spent time in Ghana, is currently in custody with her co-conspirators awaiting trial in Lexington, Kentucky. If convicted, they each face up to 20 years in prison, substantial fines, and potential deportation upon completion of their sentences

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