The Broward County Sheriff’s Office in Florida arrested a man they say played a major role in a Nigerian identity theft scam responsible for stealing millions of dollars each year. Police say 41−year−old Adentuji Idowu and his associates are suspected of canvassing neighborhoods looking for vacant homes and then using the addresses from those homes to receive credit cards and other
material issued in the names of identity theft victims. Following the arrest, Police and officials from the U.S. Postal Service matched Idowu to undercover pictures taken at a second vacant 3 North Lauderdale, FL, home where mail had been stolen, after the owner set up a secret camera to capture the mail thefts and gave them to police. Idowu has been identified by the Secret Service as one of the major players of the Nigerian Scam in South Florida, taking in between $2−$3 million in fraud a year. The Secret Service has been investigating Idowu since 1992, and has arrested him twice for committing identity fraud. He is currently on federal probation for fraud, and remains at the Main Jail on an immigration hold. Investigators believe the vacant house address may have been used for several other identity thefts.

Source: cbs4.com - Two Men Arrested In Nigerian Identity Theft Scam

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