Olayomi Koiki
A notorious fraudster, Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, popularly known as Bobo Chicago was arrested last week by the U.S. FBI for allegedly scamming several companies and individuals of monies going up to $2.8 million.
Bobo Chicago, 25, also known as ‘Bola Flexx’ due to his extravagant lifestyle, was arrested on November 20 in Illinois, Chicago based on an arrest warrant issued in Oklahoma following several criminal complaints filed against him and corroborating an investigation that deemed his activities suspicious.
He was said to have terrorised Nigerians living in the Houston metro area before fleeing to Chicago to take up residency.
The suspect was transferred to Oklahoma, where he allegedly committed the fraud and faced a five-count charge of criminal consequences, which the FBI listed as wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering and unlawful monetary transactions, committed between June 2023 and October 2023.
His co-conspirator was also being held in custody by law enforcement agents.
Federal agents already identified $2.8 million that Bobo Chicago collected by hacking into multiple companies and individual accounts located in the Eastern District of Oklahoma jurisdiction.
It further found that Bobo Chicago transferred over $300,000 of alleged fraudulent funds to a popular liquor store in the U.S., implicating the store owner.
Judge Beth Jantz of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago signed paperwork for him to be transferred to Oklahoma to face charges.
Bobo Chicago was assigned a public defender after claiming he had no financial resources to fight the case on his own, a move that suggests he would rather do time than spend a fortune to argue his innocence.
FBI has tracked down dozens of notorious Nigerian fraudsters, including Ramon Abbas, know as Hushpuppi.
His ally, Woodberry is a Nigeria internet celebrity and an ally
Woodberry, serving jail terms in Fort Dix correctional facility for scamming millions of dollars from U.S. companies.
Hushpuppi was arrested in June 2020 in Dubai and extradited to the U.S. to defend himself against Internet scam charges. He was convicted and sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2022 by United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II.
Judge Robert Gettleman of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago convicted and sentenced Mr Woodberry to eight years and three months in jail over one count of fraud in July 2023.
He was handed a lighter sentence that shaved off seven other counts in a plea bargain.
One Bidemi Rufai, a 47-year-old convicted felon and associate of Nigeria’s Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, was released from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons’ custody in Fort Dix, New Jersey, on November 15, 2024.
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