{"id":778771,"date":"2020-01-08T19:36:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/08\/yahoo-boy-arinze-ozor-arrested-in-us-over-1m-romance-fraud-and-money-laundering\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T19:36:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:36:11","slug":"yahoo-boy-arinze-ozor-arrested-in-us-over-1m-romance-fraud-and-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/08\/yahoo-boy-arinze-ozor-arrested-in-us-over-1m-romance-fraud-and-money-laundering\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Yahoo boy’ Arinze Ozor Arrested In US Over $1m Romance Fraud and Money Laundering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A middle-aged Nigerian-American man known as Arinze Ozor is set to face jail term after been arrested and charged for fraud and money laundering in the United States.<\/p>\n

According to reports circulating on social media, Arinze and his cohorts somehow managed to dupe numerous victims running business email compromise and romance fraud schemes out of approximately $1m.<\/p>\n

He then used fake Ghanaian and Beninoise passports to open as many as five bank accounts and deposit the cash into them.<\/p>\n

He forwarded some of the money to his accomplices and kept some for himself. <\/p>\n

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He has been arrested and pleaded guilty and faces 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n

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\u201cArinze Michael Ozor, age 36, of Bowie, Maryland, a dual citizen of the United States and Nigeria, pleaded guilty on January 3, 2020, to federal charges of forgery or false use of a passport, in connection with his use of false passports to open \u201cdrop accounts\u201d for a money laundering conspiracy.\u201d a statement from the Maryland U.S Attorneys office reads.<\/p>\n

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