{"id":21089,"date":"2024-11-28T19:50:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T19:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=21089"},"modified":"2024-11-28T19:50:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T19:50:33","slug":"fbi-arrests-nigerian-man-bobo-chicago-over-alleged-2-8-million-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=21089","title":{"rendered":"FBI Arrests Nigerian Man \u2018Bobo Chicago\u2019 Over Alleged $2.8 Million Fraud Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, a.k.a. \u2018Bobo Chicago,\u2019 for allegedly orchestrating a $2.8 million email scam and money laundering operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The 25-year-old Nigerian, according to online media outlet <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Peoples Gazette<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, reportedly harassed fellow Nigerians in the Houston metro area before fleeing to Chicago, where he took up residency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Bobo Chicago, also known as \u2018Bola Flexx,\u2019 is currently facing a five-count indictment, including charges of wire fraud, conspiracy, and unlawful monetary transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Federal agents traced $2.8 million in illicit funds to Bombata, obtained through the hacking of accounts belonging to various companies and individuals in the Eastern District of Oklahoma. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Investigators also discovered that over $300,000 of the stolen funds were transferred to a prominent liquor store, implicating the store owner in the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">This arrest adds to the growing list of Nigerian fraudsters apprehended by U.S. authorities, including Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi) and Olalekan Jacob Ponle (Mr. Woodberry), both of whom are serving prison sentences for multimillion-dollar scams.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, a.k.a. \u2018Bobo Chicago,\u2019 for allegedly orchestrating a $2.8 million email scam and money laundering operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9612,9609,9611,3108,9610],"class_list":["post-21089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2-8-million-fraud-scheme","tag-arrests","tag-bobo-chicago","tag-fbi","tag-nigerian-man"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21091,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21089\/revisions\/21091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}