Photos: Nigerian fraudster and his brother- in-law who conned victims out of £25 million jailed in London

London-based Nigerian man and his brother-in-law have
been jailed for a total of 14 years for their part in a 25 million
pound internet fraud involving victims from 55 countries.
Emmanuel Adanemhen, 50,(left) and Eduwu Obasuyi, 40,
(right) pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court to their part
in sophisticated fraud and money laundering scams, which in
some cases targeted the elderly and vulnerable.
A Kent Police spokesman said that Adanemhen arrived in the
UK as an asylum seeker in 1998 and had assumed the
identity of a deceased Portuguese man by changing his name
by deed poll and on driving licences.
The fraudster then used the fake identity to open bank
accounts to launder funds from bogus schemes, which
included dating website scams, false inheritance scams,
overseas lottery wins and shipping frauds.
Police were led to Adanemhen after they apprehended
Obasuyi, of Friern Road, East Dulwich, who was arrested as
he was about to board a plane from London to Lagos,
Nigeria.
Detectives found that the two defendants had moved more
than £4 million through their various accounts, which had
come from victims in countries around the globe, including
Germany, Norway, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, United
Arab Emirates and across the USA.
One elderly victim from Florida was conned out of $2.9
million, while police estimate the total victims have been
conned out of to be more than £25 million.
Adanemhen admitted to conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to
enter into a money laundering agreement and three counts of
fraud against the Home Office and the DVLA, which related to
his fake documents.
He was ordered to serve seven and a half years in jail.
Obasuyi pleaded guilty to conspiracy to enter into a money
laundering agreement, and was sentenced to seven years in
prison.
Detective Constable Paul Walker, from the Kent and Essex
serious crime directorate, said:
"This was a highly sophisticated criminal enterprise with
Emmanuel Adanemhen and Eduwu Obasuyi at the heart of
operations.
"They were undoubtedly highly placed and trusted individuals,
handling and moving millions of pounds obtained through
devastating and cruel frauds played out on sometimes very
elderly and vulnerable people."