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11/25/2019

Nigerian criminal made $1 million from prison in international scam

NY Post

A Nigerian inmate masterminded an international scam behind the bars of a maximum-security prison — raking in $1 million while in custody, according to a new report.

Hope Olusegun Aroke was convicted of fraud four years ago and serving a 24-year-sentence at a facility in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and financial crime commission told CNN.

His fraudulent actions didn’t stop in prison, authorities said. While locked up, he coordinated with accomplices to commit fraud against victims in various nations, the commission said in a statement issued to CNN Tuesday.

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