The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have arrested a Nigerian, Barnabas Terhemba Jime, once convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
According to court documents, Mr Omoruyi, 36, was the sole owner and operator of Peller Goods, LLC, a business he created in July 2019 in New Jersey.
Police said that Mr Oniovosa was arrested and brought back to the crime scene.
In her ruling on May 11, Ms Lin held that Ms Majekodunmi’s detention had “become prolonged without adequate justification.”
Data exclusively obtained by Peoples Gazette showed the number of Nigerians in U.S. federal prisons as of May 9, 2026.
Mr Ugberaese allegedly conspired with a co-defendant Oluwadamilare Kolaogunbule, a naturalised American citizen, to conduct financial transactions through his bank account network.
In the first quarter of 2026, scores of Nigerians in the diaspora were caught in the web of crimes.
He defrauded at least 23 victims across the U.S. in a decade-long scheme.
Authorities said that the suspect had allegedly been living illegally in Kenya.
The judge ordered Ms Ezeh to pay $1.4 million to the victims of the fraud and $390,174 to the IRS and remanded Ms Ezeh directly to prison to begin serving her sentence immediately.
