FBI Arrests 29 Nigerians for Alleged Internet Fraud
The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, Monday, said it had arrested 74 ’email scammers’, 29 of them Nigerians in a global operation. The bureau also said the criminal scheme, which was used by the suspects, originated from Nigeria. The FBI said 42 suspects were nabbed in the U.S., 29 in Nigeria, and three others […]
FBI ‘warned MI5 in January that Salman Abedi was planning terror attack in UK’
Salman Abedi is said to have come to the attention of US intelligence officials during an investigation into terrorist groups in Libya British intelligence agency MI5 was reportedly warned by its US counterpart that Salman Abedi was planning an attack on UK soil, three months before he blew himself up outside an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. FBI agents […]
Donald Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy – sources
U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, seven current and former U.S. officials told Reuters. Those contacts included two phone calls between April and November last year, two of the […]
Comey: FBI investigating possible collusion between Russia, Trump
FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed that the bureau is investigating Russian attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election — including any links or coordination between members of Donald Trump’s campaign and Moscow. The bombshell revelation puts an end to months of roiling speculation and frustration on the part of Democrats, who saw […]
How Slain Al Qaeda Leader Mentored Abdulmutallab Into Becoming Suicide Bomber
The New York Times, through a Freedom of Information Act request, has obtained documents containing detailed accounts of how slain Al Qaeda leader, Anwar al-Awlaki, mentored a Nigerian, Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to explode a bomb hidden in his underpants, on a flight from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Detroit, United States, on Christmas Day […]
Cybercriminals Program ATMs to Spew Cash
Cybercriminals who once earned millions by breaking into individual online bank accounts are now targeting the banks’ own computers, with often-dramatic results. In Taiwan and Thailand earlier this year, the criminals programmed bank ATMs to spew cash. Gang members stood in front of the machines at the appointed hour and collected millions of dollars. Earlier […]
The FBI can’t stop terror attacks because it spends too much time PLOTTING them in America
The chief suspect in the New York City homemade bombing attacks last weekend, Ahmad Rahami, was probed for several weeks by the FBI in 2014 after his father alerted authorities to his terrorist leanings. Rahami’s father, Mohammad Rahami, told reporters this week that he informed the FBI about concerns about his son after Rahami stabbed […]
South African Government Bribed FIFA Vice President With $10m To Guarantee Hosting 2010 World Cup
The manner in which South Africa were awarded the 2010 World Cup is central to the FBI’s investigations. Bribery is suspected, specifically that a $10million payment was diverted from South Africa to key voters via FIFA in relation to votes for the 2010 World Cup. As first revealed in May, that payment was signed off […]
FBI says child abuse ‘Almost at an Epidemic Level’ in U.S.
Tens of thousands of children are being sexually exploited each year in the U.S., according to an investigation by the BBC. Despite rescuing 600 children last year, the FBI says child sex abuse is at epidemic levels where tens of thousands of children are believed to be sexually exploited in the country each year. “The […]
FBI Dragnet Closes On Benjamin Yeaten
For years, Benjamin Yeaten, former head of Charles Taylor’s security forces has been eluding justice for crimes he reportedly committed during Liberia’s civil war. There are reports that he has been sheltering between The Gambia and Togo, hoping that he would be shielded by the leaders of the two countries. Now, it seems the Federal […]
