{"id":1146,"date":"2025-06-13T02:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2025-06-13T02:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T01:22:07","slug":"fbi-arrests-nigerian-tech-queen-over-multi-million-dollar-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=1146","title":{"rendered":"FBI arrests Nigerian \u2018tech queen\u2019 over \u2018multi-million dollar fraud\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sapphire-Egemasi.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sapphire-Egemasi.webp 625w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sapphire-Egemasi-300x192.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The FBI has arrested a Nigerian tech entrepreneur, often referred to as a &#8220;tech queen,&#8221; in connection with a multi-million dollar fraud scheme. She is accused of leading a sophisticated cyber fraud operation involving business email compromise (BEC) scams that targeted U.S.-based companies and individuals. The scheme allegedly involved impersonating executives and manipulating financial transactions to steal millions of dollars. U.S. authorities claim she used the proceeds to fund a lavish lifestyle, including luxury cars and properties. The arrest underscores growing concerns about cybercrime networks operating internationally and highlights the increasing scrutiny of online financial fraud originating from West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/fbi-arrests-nigerian-tech-queen-over-multi-million-dollar-fraud\/\">To read more click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI has arrested a Nigerian tech entrepreneur, often referred to as a &#8220;tech queen,&#8221; in connection with a multi-million dollar fraud scheme. She is accused of leading a sophisticated cyber fraud operation involving business email compromise (BEC) scams that targeted U.S.-based companies and individuals. The scheme allegedly involved impersonating executives and manipulating financial transactions&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}