On the 16th Feb it’s reported Lagos State police arrested the “most wanted Aiye Confraternity cult leader, Samora, and eight other members”… “for murder, armed robbery and other related offences”. The accused persons were alleged to have killed one Ajibola Muyideen, 40, Afolabi Onifade and four others. On the 3rd Feb it’s reported that 22 NBM members in Lagos State are arrested and arraigned on two charges: conspired to commit murder and conducting themselves in a way likely to cause a breach of the public peace. The FBI estimates that more than 100 people lost more than R100 million in romance scams from 2011 till date.The NBM Murders continue in February 2020…. We are confident that this investigation will have a significant impact on this region and beyond,” said Mogale. “The fraudsters intimidated and berated their victims, ruined their lives and then disappeared.
Neighbours, parents, friends and family would be targets of this organisation. She said the crimes allegedly committed by the suspects hit close to home. – and then siphoned money from victim’s accounts to the amount of R100 million. Mogale said once they had ingratiated themselves with their victims, they allegedly concocted sob stories about why they needed money – taxes to release an inheritance, essential overseas travel, crippling debt, etc. They assumed fake names and trolled dating sites. Other modus operandi used by the suspects includes business email compromise, where email accounts are diverted in order to change banking details. The suspects used social media websites, online dating websites to find and connect with their victims. It is alleged that those suspects allegedly preyed on victims, many of whom were vulnerable widows or divorcees who were led to believe that they were in genuine romantic relationships but were scammed out of their hard-earned money. She said all suspects were arrested during a large-scale operation in the early morning hours of Tuesday and would be charged with a variety of financial crimes, including conspiracy to commit wire/mail fraud/mail and money laundering.“The suspects in this investigation are alleged to have ties to a transnational organised crime syndicate originating in Nigeria,” she said. They were assisted by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit, Crime Intelligence (CI), K9, National Intervention unit, Special Task Force (STF), Tactical Operations Management Section (TOMS), Criminal Record Centre and Cape Town Metro police.Īccording to reports from South Africa, Mogale said the operation was initiated based on the Mutual Legal Assistance from Central Authorities of the United States of America that was approved by the Republic of South Africa. Colonel Katlego Mogale Spokesperson for South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), otherwise called Hawks, said the operation involved the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI), United State Secret Service (USSS) Investigations and Interpol. The group is believed to be behind hundreds of thousands of romance scams. Six leaders and the founder of the Black Axe organised crime group’s Cape Town chapter were amongst those arrested. According to reports, those arrested were members of the Black Axe that preys on widows or divorcees and scammed them out of their millions. Eight Nigerians aged between 33 to 52 were arrested for Internet scams, money laundering and international-wide scale financial fraud in Cape Town early today.
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