Nigeria: U.S. Releases Names, Photos of 24 Nigerians Arrested Over Alleged Fraud, Money Laundering

What the report says

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has published the names and photographs of 24 Nigerians it says were arrested by immigration authorities in different parts of the United States. The report, carried by Leadership and distributed by AllAfrica, says the arrests were made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of ongoing deportation operations.

According to the article, DHS linked the cases to a range of alleged offences, including wire and mail fraud, money laundering, drug-related crimes, identity theft, assault, forgery, weapons violations and cruelty to a child. The department said the public listing was intended to identify non-U.S. citizens with criminal records who had been detained by immigration enforcement officers.

The Nigerians named in the DHS release were said to have been arrested in states including Texas, Virginia, New Jersey, Indiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Illinois, Maryland, Washington, Pennsylvania, Florida, Utah, California, New York and Wisconsin. The story highlighted several cases involving alleged fraud and money laundering, while also noting other charges such as drug possession, weapons violations and assault. The article places the release in the context of the Trump administration’s broader deportation push, though the underlying legal status or outcomes of the cases were not provided in the source material.