FBI Arrests ‘Bobo Chicago’ Over $2.8 Million Fraud
Last week, Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, also known as Bobo Chicago, was arrested by the U.S. FBI for allegedly defrauding a number of businesses and individuals out of up to $2.8 million.
Following multiple criminal complaints against him and supporting an investigation that found his actions suspicious, Bobo Chicago—also known as “Bola Flexx” because of his extravagant lifestyle—was taken into custody on November 20 in Illinois, Chicago, on the basis of an arrest warrant issued in Oklahoma.
Before escaping to Chicago to live there, 25-year-old Bobo Chicago allegedly terrorized Nigerians in the Houston metro area.
The FBI listed the five charges of criminal consequences—wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and unlawful monetary transactions—that he faced after being transferred from Chicago to Oklahoma, where he allegedly committed the fraud between June 2023 and October 2023.
Law enforcement officials were also detaining his co-conspirator.
Bobo Chicago has already been found by federal agents to have obtained $2.8 million through hacking into several businesses and personal accounts in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Additionally, the agents discovered that he implicated the store owner in the transfer of more than $300,000 in purportedly fraudulent funds to a well-known liquor store in the United States.
Documents authorizing his transfer to Oklahoma for prosecution were signed by Judge Beth Jantz of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago.
After asserting that he lacked the funds to defend the case on his own, Bobo Chicago was given a public defender, indicating that he would prefer to serve time rather than shell out a fortune to maintain his innocence.
His apprehension contributes to the list of Nigerians who are incarcerated due to convictions or criminal charges.
The FBI has located dozens of well-known Nigerian scammers, such as Hushpuppi and Mr. Woodberry, who are incarcerated at the Fort Dix correctional facility for defrauding American corporations out of millions of dollars.
