The feds still haven’t found the Nigerian scammers that stole $50K in Bitcoin

The feds still haven’t found the Nigerian scammers that stole $50K in Bitcoin
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2019-4-25 15:18

Two Nigerian nationals face charges of attempting to defraud US residents through numerous Bitcoin investment scams. But the pair are yet to be apprehended by US authorities. Onwuemerie Ogor Gift and Kelvin Usifo are facing a 13-count indictment, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and 11 instances of wire fraud, OregonLive reports.

Gift and Usifoh ran a number of websites on which they promised investors risk-free investments with guaranteed returns of between 20 and 50 percent. The pair claimed to be using “unique trading methods,” but in reality, they were just sending the Bitcoin to their own wallets,…

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