Sandton cybercrime kingpin arrested for $12m scamming

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Alleged cybercrime kingpin James Aliyu was arrested in a luxury Sandton estate on Wednesday in connection with almost R196m in alleged romance scamming and business email compromise fraud.

The alleged cybercrime kingpin walks past his Mercedes-Benz G63 luxury SUV as he is taken into custody by Interpol officers.The Nigerian national, who appeared in the Randburg magistrate’s court shortly after his arrest, is well known in SA social circles and on Instagram thanks to his lavish holidays and excessive spending on luxury items for him and his girlfriend.

Sources claimed Aliyu has allegedly been in contact with several major convicted and suspected fraudsters from around the world and that he is considered a major player. Khanyi Mbau’s boyfriend Terrence Kudzai Mushonga of defrauding him in an elaborate luxury R1.2m-vehicle scam. Aliyu said Mushonga gave him copies of his SA driver’s licence, smart card ID and vehicle papers, which Sunday World has seen, for the change of ownership and registration of the cars to his name.But according to the article, Mushonga claimed he would not repay Aliyu because the money he received from Aliyu were the “proceeds of crime”.

 

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Another flat head at it again

MphahleleMM Do not pass go, do not collect R200

The hard working human beings on planet earth.

We’re not getting distracted! PhalaPhalaFarmGate

We all know it will end up in bail application

I need someone to teach me this romance scaming, 196m would change my life

Mercedes benze,range rovee and BMW they are the part of the scam why they don't dobackground check when they sell this car to the nigerian

Why is ZweliMkhize still walking around?

Mpho61907626 He is walking passed that Merc G-Wagon for that last time. Very Nice.

Khehlaspace Nigerians Nigerians Nigerians🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿

Romance scamming is an art only mastered by Nijas, maybe they should share the secrets with us🤔🤔🤔🤔

Aliyu is definitely not a South African surname

When we say these foreigners are leading in serious crimes in SA, we are xenophobic....

Atleast he is not destroying lives with drugs money.

Depotforeiners

Damn that's a lot of money

Umuntu asuke le khaye kubo enganulutho afike e paradise ezweni loju no bisi nam dollar kumatilasi kumnandi ukuba ilaba

😖😖 The power of money. 👀👀

Police must raid the whole of Sandton. That's where real criminals are based.

He is black and rich. Therefore he is above the law. He will be fine. Relax.

GaryFrank95 remember your boi ?

LeboMokwena No mention of the involvement of SA authorities. I use authorities loosely. Outsmarted and outperformed on their home turf. Watch the US extradite much quicker than SA will extradite the Guptas from Dubai.

The guy was scamming Americans not 350 & grants recipients so I don't see all the noise your making is all about

This was probably him. 🤨

Yahoo boys all over the country.

To make 196 millions pimping is a skill very few possess, I wish with his 'short time' in jail, he can write a book, would probably make a best seller titled...'Big Pimping' ...complete with a free Jay-Z single as attached to the inner side of back cover...

Hard working brothers

Yet as a NATION,SOUTH AFRICANS, WE MUST APOLOGIZE AND them like glasses! ENOUGH TSEK LET THEM FOKOF TO HELL MAAAAAAN DAMAT

I find this intriguing, to be able to exercise the patience and know the right thing to say to get someone to give you their money is a skill. If only they'd use it on marketing, they'd be successful without being illegal and hurting others.

I thought romance scams are hard to prove So all those women who conned men can now be arrested too?

Yah well duh they are our 'brothers' so let them brother 🙄 .... who are we to speak we might sound xenophobic

TheeNubianQueen This guy was helping our economy by bringing dollars in, after Bushiri left with our mothers and fathers monies👀. It’s called balance

How about 'Willing seller, willing buyer?'

Damn

Some slay queens won't be posting on Instagram for a while...

Before I even read it, my guess is that he is Nigerian!🤔

Eff doner hard working african brother 🚮🚮

How did he do it? Please be specific with the details

Investors that we must welcome and co-exist with.

This guy did computer science degree at monash south Africa, it seems his plan was to just become a scammer, south Africa should possibly stop foreigners to do such critical skills degrees that are a national security threat..

If I was scamming I’d be off the raider honestly

jojomatches 😩

So all thi money is from women vele?

Yalamba ingane ye South African after kuboshwe iATM yakhe 💔

He is just an employee.Lets have the man or people behind

eff protects them , must be where they get their monies ... find creative ways

And when we say they must go back to their country will be called xenophobic.

Be careful of folks with G63…always wondered what business do they do buying these vehicles?

Why naming the suspect before appearing in the court? Ooh I forgot HE IS BLACK

Chymamusique Not a good weekend for the girlies I suppose....

I've seen many arrests of crime Syndicates Great job law enforcements 😇 And am holding thumbs all those sabotaging ESKOM will continue to be arrested and no bail should be allowed!

Kokza17137552

Is it even a true story ?

He deserves to thrown into 👇

A hardworking investor from Nigeria, he was trying to create jobs for lazy South Africans who prefers to do things the legal way.

Investors madoda

ntsikimazwai The effect of the EFF with its borderless SA policy

MphahleleMM Check how much of that went to HelenSuzmanFdn and other NGO’s that are destroying our country

Nigerians Era in SA

We are harboring international criminals? These people disrespect our country

sekker400 No. NIGERIAN cyber king with a criminal base in Sandton. Your reporting makes our country look so bad

Niger niger niger niger Nigeria Nigerian 🇳🇬🇳🇬

Don’t come to South Africa to commit crimes here please. We are tired. But glad you’re caught.

Is he a illegal immigrant

Was he in South Africa legally? Did he buy his luxury house in cash or did our banks willingly give him a loan? So many questions …

MuthiseBu

NolueLove He'll be out

TomiRikhotso ..why mention his name when he has not yet appeared in court

That doesn't sound like a South African surname 😏

MsWilliamsss The guy scammed me R350 that I was gonna invest and buy myself a luxury G wagon. I therefore demand that his G wagon must be given to me as it was bought with my money plus interest.

His father is an ANC member, give birth to him while in exile in Nigeria. Looting and fraud is like father and son.

Ayanda1Africa This fuckers scam the whole world, were ever they go they cost trouble, I know one Political party that is not happy right now, funding is gone

Brazy

it's about time...keep this in the media NO BRIBE OF POLICE HERE PLS

Winners know when to ….

Why post on social media

A Nigerian again. Can all this Illegal Immigrants be deported please. We tired of their Shenanigans

What is the HSF's and his country of origin stance on this one and many other situations of this nature ?!

Instagram has a lot of scammers

NolueLove So Khanyi’s boyfriend has an SA ID document and sold cars to this Nigerian scammer?

Yoh his head style it doesn't look good at all kanti bekenzani ngemali ahlulwa yi-salon

ANC Investor & EFF Brother !

No Durban July for the slay huns !

mmh

He had great plan though 💪🏾

Nigerians, cyber crime and scamming go hand in hand

Slay Queens won’t like this

Nigerians 🤮

A lot of them.

SirBoiz_Arnold Nigerians odabadiya bempilo 🤣🤣🤣🤣 izinja. Some girls will be sleeping on the street thixo

Another Nigerian

The golden age of scamming is over now. FBI and interpol are all over these guys.

dee_eddi Question him the apartheid style. He need to tell us who he was working with.

Get rich quick schemes end in tears My brothers from the North must learn already

MissTebello Awu amadoda enu anithengela utshwala eclubini…

The timing is bad for his South African sexworker/s. Rent and other bills are due tomorrow.

Aaron Motsoaledi is doing a wonderful work, I think he needs to be supported, illegal foreign nationals must go and anc government must not allowed foreign nationals to operate spaza shops, salon, shoe repairs, garden work, domestic, farm workers, cashiers, petrol attended, etc

So these are the men these slay queens show off with? Scammers? You show off with scammers? Talk about not having morals.

When are the PhalaPhalaFarm arrests?

This guy was stealing from American companies... Keep the same energy for your thieving president with money under his matras while you only get three hrs a day to charge yo phones and freeze yo meats...

It must be him for sure lol

I doubt it's SA police or persecution authorities that arrested him, it must be assistance from another country.

A foreigner as usual

I knew wen I saw cyber crime that ye yona le Jelof rice

Thank heavens for the US Secret Service. They must carry on, put some spine into SA law enforcement. The naija yahoo boys and black axe scammers will eventually find it uncomfortable to enjoy their ill gotten gains in this glamorous 'public toilet', and will move elsewhere

'Ufuna ngim surpriseee,, Ngim dlis iJELLOF'

Abuja guys again

Some IG slayqueens rent ..YahambiNja. 😳😆😂🤭😂

Ehhh 🤣it’s this broer ? Yeses

bd_03 Nigerians really come here to commit crime and live lavish..

Jollof

Heewh!!! Minus one Nigerian big dick off the streets of Mzansi, fokk... mayibabo🙆🏽🥺😭

tlamile re goge dikausu beibi😔

Hopefully all those that benefitted from his activities are arrested and all the assets attached!!! This includes friends, family, girlfriends, cars,clothes, weaves, jewelry, houses, leases etc… mustn’t leave anything out

Foreigners are tarnishing the image of this country big time.

Nigerians and scams 🚮🚮🚩🚩

Liyema_N Theres lots of these guys they drive super cars here in Cape Town

TiwaSavage burnaboy

Was it in his mattress?

What about isidima se heists & things ?

Karabo_XCVII _tmvaki King__kb sebatamashigo_

HomeAffairsSA south Africa is a country for crime syndicate they hide here because the law is weak

SaaymanBarry Jollofians!

Of South Africa had an Anti Corruption President like Herman Mashaba! Banks,Car dealerships and Real Estate Companies would be forced to expose such criminals! There are a lot of them in Cape Town,Johannesburg and Tshwane!

Hushpuppi 2

This haircut doesn't reflect the Millions

Please plea with government to deport this guy never come back banned him

this man went to a police station to go report a fellow thief & saps senses failed to activate 🤷‍♂️

Another Nigerian living large in SA tax free wat difference does this makes it we have millions of such people!? y'all may as well let him go the is no point in this arrest!😩🚮

Why am I not surprised of the nationality 🤔

Yikes

SlayQueens will not get weaves this July.. Nigerian's survive on Human Tears.

I'm happy to join those who are sharing the good news about Brandonkaren11 I'm not persuading anyone to trade with her but i advise every investor to make the right choice when it comes to Bitcoin mining i got my withdrawal safely without any interruption

Some girls lives are messed up now 😭😭😭

Yamosheka iDurban July yabanye abantwana. iSponsor sabo sibanjiwe. 😭

Nigerians and cyber crime and drugs eish. Enough is enough

Government must seize everything,and he must not be allowed in SA in the next 30 years or take out monies or anything, everything he made belong to SA for shelter,name of our country,everyone want to come her to do a dirty work whereby citizens getting a bad names,go away plz go

CyrilRamaphosa's investors 😂😂😂😂😂

I wonder if he had plans for Durban July and how many people are disappointed right now

shirleyheavens Let the record show that we as south africans don't have a surname by 'Aliyu' 💀💀💀💀

'Aliyu is expected to appear in the Randburg magistrate’s court on Tuesday, where proceedings for his extradition for trial in the US are expected to start.' This guy is going to be extradited to the US before the Guptas get extradited to SA. Who wants to bet?

The Jollof Inc. always in the thick of things 😏

PapiSparks44 Just when they are about to launch club X banna

Thabi63938967 One Nigerian scammer down,is victory for the world.

Sad day for SA Black women.

Mfkrs, round them up and get rid of these evil people

Malema likes them for this. He is not impressed with this arrest.

And we have Nigerians defending these people instead of condemning them. I must say,Nigerians are creative when it comes to fraud.

The scarce skills SatAflika doesn’t have.

How I wish they can scam all these NGOs.

Always a Nigerian. Something is wrong with these people's mentality when it comes to crimes they commit for the love they have for money.

South Africa is in deep shit

SAPS wouldn't have been bothered if it wasn't for international law enforcement.

As for romance scamming 🤣🤣

Sooo glad. No bail. He needs to be sent back home and put into jail there.

Another hushpuppie

Someone’s Shein cart won’t get cleared 🥲

ADFSAfrica SAHRCommission your people

HeidiGiokos Yahoo boys

Mr. John 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

BusisiweMtungwa Obvious foreigner, we won't have kingpin of crime in SA

Pretends to be shocked

Swindlers

Jew_Mosotho kudzai_hairboss 😳

Nigerians are the curse that all Africans are suffering from. Those fuckers need to be sent to Iceland and just live there with their pidgin. Talk amongst themselves and say my broda mek u give jersey dis place nah cold well well ooh. At least they won't do fraud while freezing🚮

Hai, Nigerians 🚮

Nigerians never disappoint 🤣

SpheDludla Ohhe

Nigerians are gifted scammers , one sold an imaginary airport. Who does that?

Nigerians love crime

He won't survive just like this one.👇🏾

Ke bo Palesa, le bo Lebo ba departments

This guy might be a genius, committing such crimes he can buy himself out this is SA after all

How much?

NolueLove TiwaSavage burnaboy

We really need to learn from them ayikho

SA is gone. No detection or suspicion while they launder cash

Hushpuppis from Nigeria are crawling like cockroaches in Jozi

Uncontrolled pan Africanism!!!

Very educated and hardworking people.

wode_maya the next time you want to call south Africans irrational and all sorts of names...this is the legacy of people from your part of the continent.

EFF supporters

At least lerete le le wane la monaija le tswile mo strateng tsa mzantsi

Some good news for a change.

Nigerian type of crimes these😌

Taps are closed, no more throats o'clock 😂😭

I think he is the 1 I'm chatting to on whatsapp lol😂😂claiming to be a Singaporean girl

Our media really likes going for low hanging fruit stories! Our president left the country in the dark and went to a G7 meeting that SA is not part of....we have not seen these striking Eskom workers....we need an in-depth on Phalaphala dollars.....but you tell us about scammers

See how easy is that extradition will be. But in the case of our gupta brother our government needs to translate a letter into arabic 🤣🤣🤣 SA the Movie

Can only be Nigerians

Interpol had to come in coz obvious bheki Cele Boyz are his ice Boyz.

Now some slay princesses need new invites to the Durban July😭

No these so-called ' celebrities' defend these people, they are enjoying the benefits of this dirty money. Disgusting 😪🚮

Nigerian

Another illegal immigrant

The EFF will be there supporting him

MurkyWaters18 Foreign nationals, I guess this is scarce skulls We've been told about.

They mentioned Khanyi Mbaus boyfriend in the article.

Our hard working brothers🤗

EFF won't be happy, why are you arresting their brother

TomiRikhotso Some slay queen is not going to Durban July anymore. 😭 Time being, she was packed and ready. She was probably calling him cos he didn't arrive when he said he would, next thing she's reading this article, yohh. 😭🤣🤣

Say a Nigerian Criminal

There goes a 'baller' 😂

Boyfriend yamaslay queen 😁

Nigerians bring nothing but shit to our country.

kabelodick This is just 1 of many many more...

Fighter funder

Ofhie57405558 The ANC has been protecting them for too long

South Africa is a place where they will get caught. All transactions being tracked here. It the cash deals. Drugs etc that SAPoliceService seem to have a problem with.

Another investor

Fraudsters are praised in Nigeria thats why they do it, they get praised in that barbaric Country, we should deal with them decisively goll South Africa is their last option.

Burna Boy and the Nigerian government won't condemn this but they will be the first to defend the likes of James when locals get fed up and take matters into their own hands. I repeat, legal foreigners with work permits or asylum seekers are note than welcome...not these guys 👎🏾

ANC investors madoda and EFF brother 😢😢😢😢

South African slay queens right now😂

Romance scamming 😭😭😹

EFF sponsor from Nigeria.

Drickz_ Omo! Yahoo boys are up

He couldn't stop at like 10 million, you can't be too big to compete with governments and corporates. They will come after you for beating them at their own game, that's not fun!

Flat heads at it again.

Bloody kwangs

Le Nigeria....yooo . We r told they r our brothers an sisters

botsheloevans Uzophuma nge R1000 bail kusasa😏

bwk4r Why's South Africa a crime scene? Why foreigners choose our country to commit crimes? Why foreigners are so afraid to leave South Africa and go back home?

Ngu ndoda

Devil works hard but Nigerian scammers work harder,I would like to work with them shem 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣this guys are hustlers shem

main_man4 No girlfriends arrested this time around.

Some girls rent won’t be paid this month😂

South Africa ,home for criminals.

okholwayo Yooh! Hhayi🙄

EFFSouthAfrica here are your brothers doing what u asked them to come to do in SA 👈 👈

Nigerians again..after we have dealt with Zimbos..priority must be Nigis🙄

Damn these Naija's almost R196m 🤦🤦...

Slay queens just got retrenched.

Drickz_ “Romance scam”HOW?😭😭😭😭

Thanks to foreign law enforcement, our own can't pull this through.

And we are expected to embrace them as brothers in the name of pan africanism. If we don't the woke afracanists of today will come with their 'self-hate' nosense.

Dr Aaron Motsoaledi can you tell us how this criminal is in South Africa? HomeAffairsSA?

Why not mention that he is a Nigerian

Dont give him bail please.

Must be a Nigerian

Mthembu_77 Hard workers of news24

Stealing money from Americans is literally biggest human rights violation.

drdietrying GroundUp_News AdriaanBasson News24 HelenSuzmanFdn your favourites are doing what they do best in crime. I guess he's an investor too right?

AfricaFactsZone come this side

News24 look at your refugees 🤷‍♂️

KhanyaKh 419

EFFSouthAfrica members

Why arrest him😩 South Africa crime capital of the world 👌

It's a flat-headed alien

Ngoasheng247 Send that animal to prison and throw away the keys

Nicole_Fritz please assist this top class investor with a formidable legal mind to fight his extradition to stand trial in US. I am begging you please. Phew!

Nigerian

Makwerekwere are conmen

It's always the jollof gang🚮🚮🚮 hhay maan!

hard working brothers

Or my God kwerekwere re destroying this country tu it's roots

If we say foreigners must go they say we xenophobic

Another HelenSuzmanFdn friend scamming poor South Africans

OnlyAfricaFacts AfricaFactsZone let me plug you with the hottest story.

Lekwerekwere

ClasycMan Nigerian bastard..!!

Bona lebitso.... Thats all i hv to say👀

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