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U.S. Attorney’s Office

Nigerian Ph.D Student Arrested Over Transcript Forgery, $1m Fraud; Faces 20-year Jail Term

By Agency Report The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a Nigerian national, Mercy Ojedeji, 24, for orchestrating a complex fraud scheme involving forged academic documents, romance scams, and immigration violations that prosecutors say aimed to defraud victims of…