San Antonio Strip Clubs: Houstonian arrested in $44 million fraud case
September 5, 2009In USAA’s case, Oyekan, Onwuhara and other ring members are accused of using the information to telephone USAA and pretend to be customers. The ring provided enough biographical information about one customer to persuade USAA to wire transfer $98,000 from the customer’s account to mule accounts at Citibank in New York and Woodforest Bank in Houston, court records show.
Onwuhara has a past that involves credit card fraud, and authorities say he researched and tested his skills until he was successful.
Court records said he splits his time between Miami and Dallas, but could be in Atlanta, New Jersey or Canada.
With the stolen proceeds, authorities allege, he lived in a $600,000 home in Miami and rented a condo in Dallas for $4,000 a month, according to a segment featuring him on America’s Most Wanted.
Among his victims is Sen. Thurmond’s former chief of staff, according to the show.
Onwuhara flashed up to $50,000 at strip clubs, drove a Bentley, a Maserati and a Rolls-Royce. He also owned a recording studio and started his own rap label, S.W.A.T. Up Entertainment.