{"id":6322,"date":"2020-02-21T20:38:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2020-02-21T20:38:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:38:15","slug":"nigerian-born-spanish-fraudster-helen-mukoro-idisi-arrested-for-scam-identity-theft-impersonation-posing-as-un-women-president-handcuffed-suspect-fired-back-united-nations-defamed-me-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/nigerian-born-spanish-fraudster-helen-mukoro-idisi-arrested-for-scam-identity-theft-impersonation-posing-as-un-women-president-handcuffed-suspect-fired-back-united-nations-defamed-me-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian born Spanish fraudster, HELEN MUKORO IDISI arrested for Scam, Identity Theft, Impersonation posing as UN Women President&#8230; handcuffed suspect fired back: &#8216;United Nations defamed me&#8217; *Call self  &#8216;archduchess&#8217;, &#8216;detective&#8217;, &#8216;politician&#8217;, &#8216;Nigerian aristocrat&#8217;  * Detained on pain&#8217;s eastern Mediterranean coast,  request funds from global bodies  and giving interviews to the media as a VIP *  \u201cHelen provides online legal courses and solicited funds to carry out different projects related to the institution she claimed to represent\u201d- Spanish police    *BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief &#038; KALID INUDU\/ REPORTER, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-7.png 631w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-7-276x300.png 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6324\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-5.jpg 512w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-5-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"742\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-6.png 990w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-6-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-6-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-6-860x645.png 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6326\" width=\"593\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-4.jpg 477w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-4-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6327\" width=\"604\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-2.jpg 678w, https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Helen_Mukoro_Idisi.jpg-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<strong>Nigerian\nborn Spanish fraudster, HELEN MUKORO IDISI arrested for Scam,\nIdentity Theft, Impersonation posing as UN Women President.<\/strong><strong>..\nhandcuffed suspect fired back: &#8216;United Nations defamed me&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<strong>*Call\nself  &#8216;archduchess&#8217;, &#8216;detective&#8217;, &#8216;politician&#8217;, &#8216;Nigerian aristocrat&#8217;\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<strong>*\nDetained on pain&#8217;s eastern Mediterranean coast,  request funds from\nglobal bodies  and giving interviews to the media as\na VIP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<strong>*\n \u201cHelen provides online legal courses and solicited funds to carry\nout different projects related to the institution she claimed to\nrepresent\u201d- Spanish police<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n   <em><strong>BY\nGEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief &amp; KALID INUDU\/\nREPORTER, Spain<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<strong>THE\nEND SEEMS TO HAVE COME FOR A WARRI BORN, DELTA STATE WOMAN FROM\nNIGERIA WHO NATURALIZED TO BECOME A SPANISH CITIZEN. HELEN MUKORO\nIDISI is her name and her only source of livelihood is deceit,\nfalsehood, fraud and impersonation in Europe. To evade the eagle eyes\nof law enforcement agents she registered a political party, &#8216;Union\nde Todos&#8217; in which  she failed\nwoefully in Spain. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nNigerian-born Spanish national claimed an extensive resume: head of\nthe Spanish branch of United Nations,\nUN, Women, politician, detective, author, legal expert, and finance\nconsultant. Ultimately, though, it landed her in trouble.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police\nin Spain arrested recently a woman who posed as the president of the\nSpanish branch of UN Women, requesting funds and giving interviews to\nthe media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman of\nNigerian origin with Spanish nationality was detained in Denia on\nSpain&#8217;s eastern Mediterranean coast on charges of impersonation and\nfraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nwoman allegedly provided online legal courses and solicited &#8220;funds\nto carry out different projects related to the institution she\nclaimed to represent,&#8221; police said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She &#8220;participated\nin conferences and gave interviews in different media,&#8221; police\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"United Nations Women DEFAMED me. Helen Mukoro Idisi\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F5ai9P6n3pQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation\nbegan in mid-2018 when the police received a complaint from the New\nYork-based UN Women about a woman posing as the president of UN Women\nin Spain and the Spanish National Committee of UN Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UN\nWomen, a body &#8220;dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment\nof women,&#8221; does not have a country office in Spain, according to\nits website. After the complaint, there were several communications\nbetween the organization and the woman in order to make her\nunderstand the illicit actions. She was asked to stop, but refused.\nIn her reaction, Helen claims\n&#8216;United Nations defamed me&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YOU&#039;RE - HELEN MUKORO\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zHK9sd_C4ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Big\nclaims, little backing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spanish media\nidentified the woman as Helen Mukoro Idisi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On her personal\nwebsite, she describes herself an &#8220;archduchess&#8221; and\n&#8220;Nigerian aristocrat,&#8221; as well as a &#8220;Spanish\npolitician, detective, author, legal expert, business and finance\nconsultant.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The books she\nallegedly wrote, including such titles as &#8220;Make Wealth\nAnywhere,&#8221; were sold on Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UNION DE TODOS - HELEN MUKORO IDISI\" width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/voyAT5xvkG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her other claimed\ntitles are president of the African Europe Chamber of Commerce, a\nnon-existent organization, and &#8220;advisor on diaspora and\nauxiliary affairs&#8221; of the Delta State of Nigeria, where she was\nborn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\nalso established a political party, &#8220;Union de Todos&#8221; (Union\nfor All), and participated in at least three elections. According to\n<em>El\nConfidencial <\/em>newspaper,\nshe received the fewest votes to be Spain&#8217;s head of government in the\nlast\nelection, with just 31 votes. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wikipedia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helen Mukoro Idisi profile reads: &#8216; She is a Spanish politician, detective, author, legal adviser, financial and business consultant who formed Union de Todos, a political party, in December 2014. Presidential candidate Spanish 2016 General Elections and presidential candidate in April and November 2019 Spanish General Elections&#8217;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Support\nNAIJA STANDARD\nNEWSPAPER&#8217;S\njournalism of integrity and credibility<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<strong>CERTAINLY, <\/strong><strong>Good\njournalism costs a lot of money. 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