Wednesday, May 1, 2019
VAN NEST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE–MONTHLY MEETING–MONDAY MAY 6, 2019–7:00PM
If you have any questions about your Post Office or Mail Delivery in 10460, 10461 or 10462, this is the time to come and ask your questions. We will have Area Managers and Customer Managers for 10460, 10461 and 10462 as guest speakers at our May 6th VNNA Monthly Meeting.
MONSIGNI
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Council Member Ruben Diaz Sr. - Rally Against Shelter in Parkchester Area Monday, April 29th 6:30 PM
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
By Councilman, Rubén DÃaz Sr.
Bronx County, New York
Rally Against Shelter in Parkchester Area
I’m inviting everyone to join me next Monday, April 29th @ 6pm at 2008 Westchester Ave to rally against a proposed single men’s shelter. The proposed shelter will be located in close proximity of two schools and a library.
Nine Defendants Arrested In New York, Florida, And Texas For Multimillion-Dollar Wire Fraud Scheme
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James C. Spero, Special Agent in Charge of the Tampa, Florida, Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), announced today that nine defendants, OLUWASEUN ADELEKAN, a/k/a “Sean Adelekan,” OLALEKAN DARAMOLA, SOLOMON ABUREKHANLEN, GBENGA OYENEYIN, ABIOLA OLAJUMOKE, TEMITOPE OMOTAYO, BRYAN EADIE, ALBERT LUCAS, and ADEMOLA ADEBOGUN, were arrested for defrauding businesses and individuals of more than $3.5 million through business email compromises, a Russian oil scam, and a romance scam.
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “As alleged, these defendants deployed three different email schemes to defraud their victims. The common denominator in all three schemes was the defendants’ alleged fleecing of their victims through fictitious online identities. The schemes allegedly earned the defendants $3.5 million – and also arrests on federal felony charges.”
HSI Special Agent-in-Charge James C. Spero said: “A transnational criminal organization allegedly conducting illicit domestic and international wire fraud has been dismantled thanks to the hard work of HSI Tampa and Special Agents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. This case illustrates the unique investigative authority and international reach of HSI.”
As alleged in the Indictment[1] unsealed today from at least in or about July 2016, up to and including the present, the defendants participated in a scheme to defraud businesses and individuals through several categories of false and misleading representations, including but not limited to:
1 - Sending victims email messages that appeared to be, but were not, from legitimate business counterparties that included instructions to the victims to wire payment to those seemingly legitimate business counterparties into bank accounts that were actually under the control of, and/or maintained by, ADELEKAN, DARAMOLA, ABUREKHANLEN, OYENEYIN, OLAJUMOKE, OMOTAYO, EADIE, LUCAS, and ADEBOGUN (the “Business Email Compromise Scam”);
2 - Sending email messages and text messages to at least one victim offering an opportunity to invest in oil stored in Russian oil tank farms conditioned on that victim wiring upfront payments into bank accounts purportedly affiliated with the purported oil investment but actually opened by and under the control of ABUREKHANLEN, OLAJUMOKE, and OYENEYIN (the “Russian Oil Scam”); and
3 - Sending email messages and text messages to at least one victim from an individual (or individuals) purporting to be a female with romantic intentions toward the victim requesting, further to establishing a romantic relationship, the wiring of payment into a bank account under the control of OMOTAYO (the “Romance Scam”).
In reliance on the foregoing false and misleading representations, the victims of the Business Email Scam, Russian Oil Scam, and Romance Scam wired or otherwise transferred in excess of $3.5 million into bank accounts opened in the names of shell companies and under the control of and/or maintained by the defendants.
ABUREKHANLEN was arrested yesterday, April 24, 2019, in the Bronx, New York, and will be presented before U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman today. ADELEKAN, OMOTAYO, LUCAS, EADIE, and ADEBOGUN were arrested earlier this morning in New York, New York, and will also be presented today before Judge Pitman. OLAJUMOKE and OYENEYIN were arrested earlier this morning in Florida and will be presented in the Southern District of Florida later today. DARAMOLA was arrested earlier this morning in Texas and will be presented in the Western District of Texas later today.
The defendants are each charged in the Indictment with one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud. Each defendant faces a maximum potential sentence of 20 years in prison. A chart containing names, age, place of residence, and nationality of the defendants is set forth below.
The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants will be determined by the judge.
Mr. Berman praised the outstanding investigative work of the Special Agents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and HSI.
The charges contained in the Indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Defendant
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Age
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Place of Residence
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Oluwaseun “Sean” Adelekan
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36
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New York, New York
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Olalaken Daramola
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35
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Austin, Texas
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Solomon Aburekhanlen
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32
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New York, New York
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Gbenga Oyeneyin
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32
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Aventura, Florida
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Abiola Olajumoke
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46
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Aventura, Florida
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Temitope Omotayo
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36
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New York, New York
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Bryan Eadie
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35
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New York, New York
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Albert Lucas
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29
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New York, New York
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Ademola Adebogun
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38
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New York, New York
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[1] As the introductory phrase signifies, the entirety of the text of the Indictment and the description of the Indictment set forth herein constitute only allegations, and every fact described should be treated as an allegation.
Project Dream - Prom Dress Giveaway at The Mall at Bay Plaza
Prom Dresses can cost hundreds of dollars, but Saturday at the Mall at Bay Plaza over one-hundred donated prom dresses were being given away free to high school girls to wear to their prom. Jasmine Moya and Gia Velez students from Alfred E. Smith High School model the prom dresses they chose to wear to their high school prom. It was as if these two prom dresses were custom made for the two high school girls. Project Dream allowed girls to try on up to three different dresses before they chose which one they wanted, and yes there were shoes to match the dresses that were included in the deal.
Above and Below - Just two of the racks of prom dresses that were being given away free to local high school girls to wear to their prom, and yes matching shoes were also on the clothing racks above the dresses.
There was a Pop Up Fashion Show with models wearing clothes from Stores in the Mall at Bay Plaza such as H & M and Macy's.
Above - Ms. Caridad De La Luz was the hostess of the Pop Up Fashion Show.
Below - The Fashion show began.
Girl Scouts Spotted in Bay Plaza Mall
Girl Scouts from Troops 1039, 1047, 1171, 1247, and 1401 based on Ogden Avenue near Yankee Stadium were found on the other side of the Bronx in the Mall at Bay Plaza selling their famous Girl Scout Cookies. Jazmin Edwards is holding a box of Girl Scout Cookies as her Troop Leader Katrina Smith, and her Mother Candice Edwards are behind the table collecting the money from the sales of the boxes of cookies. The ladies said that this was their second year at the Bay Plaza Mall selling Girl Scout Cookies, because last year was a huge success. Sales were going at the same pace as last year.
Friends of Pelham Parkway Plant Roses on the Parkway
It took some hard work, and a little of getting your hands dirty, but on Saturday these Friends of Pelham Parkway planted thirteen rose bushes which were given to them by the NYC Parks Department. The Rose Garden is located at the corner of Pelham Parkway North and Wallace Avenue.
Above - Ms. Roxanne Delgado the head of the friends of Pelham Parkway sets this rose bush in before placing support soil all around it.
Below - It was a hard, but a job well done for these four members of the Friends of Pelham Parkway.
