A 40-year-old Nigerian man, Kenneth Ganiu Ninalowo alleged
to be a brother to Nollywood actor, Bolanle Ninalowo has been arrested by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, FBI, on charges of laundering over $1.5 million in
Chicago.
The money, according to the FBI is derived from scams
targeting an unnamed Chicago-area community college and an energy company, who
were defrauded into sending approximately $5 million to fraudulent bank
accounts controlled by Ninalowo and his partner, 27-year-old Brittney Stokes.
The two were charged as part of a larger investigation,
which included the arrests of over 280 individuals, including 167 in Nigeria,
18 in Turkey and 15 in Ghana. The Department of Justice says arrests were also
made in France, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom.
Kenneth Ninalowo is however said to be a brother to popular
Nollywood actor, Bolanle Ninalowo. He is the second child of eight children and
a native of Ikorodu Lagos state Nigeria.
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