{"id":11457,"date":"2018-03-18T20:53:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T20:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2018-03-18T20:53:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T20:53:41","slug":"hurricane-irma-scam-in-usa-43-year-old-undocumented-nigerian-oluseyi-jeremiah-olagoke-adebayo-in-texas-forges-identification-card-u-s-passport-parade-fake-visa-to-defraud-america-of-119000-ho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/hurricane-irma-scam-in-usa-43-year-old-undocumented-nigerian-oluseyi-jeremiah-olagoke-adebayo-in-texas-forges-identification-card-u-s-passport-parade-fake-visa-to-defraud-america-of-119000-ho\/","title":{"rendered":"HURRICANE IRMA SCAM IN USA: 43 Year old Undocumented NIGERIAN, OLUSEYI JEREMIAH OLAGOKE ADEBAYO in TEXAS Forges Identification Card, U.S. Passport, Parade FAKE Visa…to Defraud America of $119,000 home disaster loan in Florida *Indicted, Charged with Fraud in connection with a major disaster, forgery or false use of a passport and aggravated identity theft *Adebayo used an American man\u2019s ID to apply online for a Small Business Administration loan for property in Orlando, Florida * Arrested after trying to pick up check last month at a post office in Houston BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, Houston, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

HURRICANE IRMA SCAM IN USA:<\/strong><\/span>
\n43 year old Undocumented NIGERIAN, OLUSEYI JEREMIAH OLAGOKE ADEBAYO in TEXAS Forges Identification Card, U.S. Passport, Parade FAKE Visa…to Defraud America of $119,000 home disaster loan in Florida<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

*Indicted, Charged with Fraud in connection with a major disaster, forgery or false use of a passport and aggravated identity theft<\/strong><\/span>
\n*Adebayo used an American man\u2019s ID to apply online for a Small Business Administration loan for property in Orlando, Florida <\/strong><\/span>
\n* Arrested after trying to pick up check last month at a post office in Houston<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, Houston, Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n

A NIGERIAN MAN WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS IN UNITED STATES, OLUSEYI JEREMIAH OLAGOKE ADEBAYO who came to America on a B1\/B2 Visa and outstay his visitor’s stay has been arrested in Houston, Texas, charged for fraud, forgery and stealing for his attempt to dupe United States to the tune of $119,000 home disaster loan in Florida in the recent Hurricane Irma.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Prosecutors in Texas say this Nigerian who is in the United States illegally has been charged with Hurricane Irma-related fraud for trying to obtain a nearly $119,000 home disaster loan in Florida.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Court records confirm that Adebayo was indicted on March 8 and faced a federal court hearing soon in Houston. He has been charged with fraud in connection with a major disaster, forgery or false use of a passport and aggravated identity theft.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Our correspondent gathered from investigators that Adebayo used innocent American man\u2019s Identification card (ID) to apply online for a Small Business Administration loan for property in Orlando, Florida, that he does not own. Adebayo was arrested after trying to pick up the check last month at a post office in Houston.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For the records, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as two recent earthquakes in Mexico likely cost the insurance industry about $95 billion, said Swiss Re, one of the world\u2019s biggest reinsurers. Irma struck Florida last September.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

PRESS STATEMENT:<\/strong><\/span>
\nDepartment of Justice<\/strong><\/span>
\nU.S. Attorney\u2019s Office<\/strong><\/span>
\nSouthern District of Texas<\/strong><\/span>
\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/span>
\nThursday, March 15, 2018<\/strong><\/span>
\nNigerian Man Using False Identification Charged with Disaster Fraud<\/strong><\/span>
\nHOUSTON \u2010 A man using a false identification in a scheme to obtain a fraudulent government loan for damage sustained from Hurricane Irma is set to appear in federal court, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A grand jury in Houston returned the three-count indictment against Oluseyi Jeremiah Olagoke Adebayo aka Jeremiah Adebayo Oluyesi, 43, a Nigerian man who illegally resided in Houston, on March 8, 2018. He is set to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Christina Bryan today at 10:00 a.m.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to the indictment, from October 2017 to February 2018, Adebayo used the identification of an Orlando, Florida, resident in an attempt to obtain a fraudulent disaster home loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA) in connection to Hurricane Irma.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The SBA provides long-term low-interest loans to businesses and non-profit organizations in the aftermath of a declared disaster. Loan proceeds are to be used solely for the repair or replacement of real estate, inventory, supplies, machinery and equipment damaged during a declared disaster. Hurricane Irma impacted the Gulf Coast region, including the state of Florida, and was declared a disaster in September 2017.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

An application was allegedly submitted to the SBA in October 2017 for a $118,900 home disaster loan which contained several potential fraud indicators. Further, an individual in Houston had attempted to collect on the loan for the Florida property, according to the indictment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Adebayo appeared at a U.S. Post Office in Houston on Feb. 7, 2018, to obtain the fraudulent loan disbursement check, according to the charges. Adebayo allegedly used a counterfeit passport with the identification of the Florida resident to obtain the check. At that time, the indictment alleges he was also found in possession of a counterfeit U.S. visa.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Adebayo is charged with one count of fraud in connection with a major disaster and forgery or false use of a passport for which he faces up to 20 and 10 years in federal prison, respectively. He also faces a mandatory two years upon conviction of aggravated identity theft which must be served consecutively to any other prison term imposed. All counts also carry a potential $250,000 maximum fine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SBA-Office of Inspector General and U.S. Postal Inspection Service conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Day is prosecuting the case.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

An indictment is an accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence.<\/strong><\/span>
\nA defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Topic(s): <\/strong><\/span>
\nDisaster Fraud<\/strong><\/span>
\nComponent(s): <\/strong><\/span>
\nUSAO – Texas, Southern<\/strong><\/span>
\nUpdated March 16, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HURRICANE IRMA SCAM IN USA: 43 year old Undocumented NIGERIAN, OLUSEYI JEREMIAH OLAGOKE ADEBAYO in TEXAS Forges Identification Card, U.S. Passport, Parade FAKE Visa…to Defraud America of $119,000 home disaster loan in Florida *Indicted, Charged with Fraud in connection with a major disaster, forgery or false use of a passport and aggravated identity theft *Adebayo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}