Obinwanne Okeke: Revered Abroad, Unknown at Home via thisdaylive
For years, Obinwanne Okeke was a hero abroad, until his recent arrest by the FBI for $12 million fraud. He was Chairman/CEO of Invictus Group, a company dealing in real estate across US and Europe. He was even showcased as the new hope for Africa by Forbes Magazine on its front page.
It was said that in June 2018, Unatrac Holding Limited, a company which deals in sales of heavy industrial and farm equipment, had approached the Federal Bureau of Investigations over a breach in the email account of its chief financial officer where a fraudulent transfer of funds was done. The arrest of Okeke was closely followed by the release of 80 more names by the bureau. Out of the released figures, 77 were of Nigeria descent, and said to have scammed unsuspecting Americans of millions of dollars. That further broadened the argument on Okeke who was said to have in one of his suspected fraudulent deals scammed an agricultural and industrial equipment manufacturing company of $12million.
“I am the Igwe of this community, so I am supposed to know him, but I do not. I doubt if anyone really knows him here, but from my enquiries, he is the son of a former lawmaker, who represented Nnewi South in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Ossy Sam Okeke. His father had four wives, and from my enquiries, this boy was from the last wife who I think is from Imo State. Whoever told you that he has been engaging in philanthropy or been donating books here did not tell you the truth.
HRH Igwe Onyimadu told THISDAY that the late Hon Okeke championed most causes in the community. “At some point, he had even nominated a king for the community’s throne, and also taken him about to be crowned. They almost succeeded because they were issued with certificate, but the people did not want his nominee, and the nominee eventually died in very mysterious circumstance”.
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