3 Nigerian fraudsters arrested over $500k credit card scam in the U.S

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August 15, 2016 11:41 AM

Three Nigerian fraudsters have been arrested and charged to court in the US for stealing a huge sum of money through credit card scams.

The fraudsters, Maxwell Ezenwa, Christy Tifase and Shalewa Olayinka

Three Nigerian fraudsters including a woman,

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According to the Sheriff's Office, the trio started the scam in 2014, after investigators began a joint investigation of a group suspected of being involved in fraud in which credit cards were applied without the victims' consent, mailed to the victims, and stolen out of their mail boxes.

The scammers were also said to have registered two business ventures with which they used to process the credit cards for large unusual amounts, and were also able to generate cash from the fraud apps they had created.

Those businesses were identified as Lace Warehouse and African Fashions owned by Maxwell Ezenwa and Lagos Island Café, owned by Christy Tifase, while the losses incurred by the victims of the fraud exceeded $500,000 and dozens of identities were stolen.

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Ezwena said to have been arrested previously in a case for fraudulent use of identifying information, although he will now face an additional charge of engaging in organized criminal activity, while Olayinka was arrested on a warrant for engaging in organized criminal activity.

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