A notorious US-born Nigerian fraudster who was placed on the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) “Most Wanted list” has been captured after eluding authorities for over four years, reports an online news agency, The Will.
Mr Tobechukwu Enyinna Onwuhara, 33, described as “a criminal mind” by the FBI for stealing $44 million dollars from US banks using sophisticated methods, including stealing bank customers’ personal information, Home Equity Lines of Credit details and account numbers, was nabbed in Australia.
It had been previously reported how the conman escaped arrest in the state of Florida and went underground afterwards.
The FBI did not say how and when Onwuhara was captured but a mug shot of the scammer on its websitehttp://www.fbi.gov/abouus/investigate/onwuhara-captured/view, listed him as ‘captured.’
According to reports, FBI agents say Onwuhara was born in Houston and sent to live with his wealthy Nigerian father, Prince Doris Onwuhara who the Bureau say is a ‘well-known con man who made a fortune from the notorious Nigerian 419 scheme’ before returning to the United States when he reached his teenage years in 1999.
Having settled in the southern state of Texas, he got a job with US lender, Capital One Financial Corporation where authorities believed he gained insider knowledge on how to work the US financial system.
