Individuals who participated in the Diversity Visa program for fiscal year 2019 (DV-2019), also known as the Green Card Lottery, have until September 30, 2019 to have checked whether they won and secured a visa.
The State Department states anyone who won the lottery but did not secure a visa by the September 30 will forfeit their chance of a Diversity Visa for fiscal year 2019. The Entrant Status check online portal for DV-2019 will also close on that date.
To check if you won, have the entrant’s confirmation number, last name, and year of birth and click on this link.
DV-2019 applies to individuals who submitted their information on the State Department website during the DV-2017 open registration period which ran between October 3rd, 2017 and November 7th, 2017.
Administered by the Department of State, the Diversity Visa program makes 50,000 permanent resident visas/green cards available to nationals of countries with low rates of immigration into the US. Millions of foreign nationals participate in the program each year.
Nigerian nationals are among 80 suspects who were charged in California over a multi-million-dollar con scheme targeting women and businesses worldwide.
US Federal prosecutors said the 80 suspects, most of them Nigerians, are facing charges of stealing over $46 million through various schemes.
One of the schemes allegedly involved impersonating email accounts belonging to various companies in order to send bogus requests for money.
The other was “romance scams”, where fraudsters reportedly logged on to dating sites to woo other users, especially elderly women, and ask them for monetary gifts or to complete transactions on their behalf.
On Thursday, law enforcement officers arrested 14 people in the United States; 11 of them from South Carolina, CNN reported.
Two Nigerian nationals; Valentine Iro and Chukwudi Christogunus Igbokwe are part of those arrested in the US. The two were named as co-conspirators working with others in the US and in Nigeria to obtain money from victims and then transfer it abroad.
In a press briefing, US Attorney in Los Angeles Nick Hanna said the fraudsters laundered the money after receiving it from their victims.
When announcing the indictment of the 80 suspects, federal authorities cited the case of a Japanese woman known only as “F.K.”
The woman is said to have borrowed $200,000 from her former husband, friends, and relatives and sent it to a man she had met on an online dating site, who posed as a US Army captain.
LA reported that the woman made 35 to 40 payments, receiving as many as 10 to 15 emails a day directing her to send cash to accounts in the US, Turkey and the United Kingdom through the captain's many purported associates.
“We believe this is one of the largest cases of its kind in U.S. history. We are taking a major step to disrupt these criminal networks,” Hanna said.
All suspects will face various charges including conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to launder money, and aggravated identity theft.
Nigeria’s Premium Times published a list of the 77 suspected Nigerian fraudsters who allegedly coordinated receipt of the funds.
A Kenyan-born man was on Thursday sentenced for life by a US Court after he was found guilty of raping an elderly woman who was suffering from dementia.
Anthony Mamboleo Nyakeo, a former health care worker in Texas, was convicted with sexually assaulting a 74-year-old woman, according to Dallas News.
“After the assault, nurses caring for the patient found blood in her underwear. An exam found evidence of vaginal tearing consistent with sexual abuse, and staff recovered DNA during a sexual assault exam that was eventually used to tie Nyakeo to the assault,” Dallas district attorney’s office said.
Nyakeo was accused of committing the offense at Woodridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Grapevine in January 2018.
The court heard that Nyakeo committed the act despite knowing that the patient could not consent to sex or resist due to her mental condition.
“She could not speak, feed herself or use the bathroom on her own as she wore a diaper and relied on staff,” Jordan Rolfe, the lead prosecutor told the court.
In his defense, Nyakeo pleaded innocence, claiming that someone took his DNA from a used condom and planted it on the victim’s body.
“I just gave her a shower and took her to the dining area,” he said.
A colleague who testified against him said he immediately suspected a sexual assault after she saw the condition of the woman.
“It is not something you see happening every day, especially to an elderly woman in that age, at least not to my knowledge,” he said.
Prosecutors also told the court that Nyakeo had sexually harassed his co-workers and that he attempted to flee Texas during the investigation.
“He told his friends and former coworkers to lie on his behalf during the trial,” the prosecution said in court documents.
Nyakeo was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of an elderly or disabled person.
The victim, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, died later that year at 75.
Pathetic. I hope it is life without possibility of parole. Dude is 53 yrs old. Kwani he never learnt anything in life for half a century. I do not know if he had a wife and kids, especially daughters. If you can do this to a disabled and sick person, they would not hesitate assaulting their own blood as well. Good riddance!
With all this me-too topic still hot,why would any sensible man even dream of rape,let a lone do it?Apparently he has harassed women before.Well he could have amental problem.Now let him pay for his sins.It will be interesting to see if he will rape in prisonor be raped.
Really. Why go there!!! Are you serious. Why would a sane man commit such a heinous crime? Some of these guys are putting Kenyans in a very dark place. Why risk everything for this unspeakable crime. Why??? Look at the consequences. Dire.
A video of a homeless Kenyan-born woman narrating her struggle in the streets of the United Kingdom has been shared online.
The woman, who only identified herself as Peggy, said she went to the UK for further studies but ended up in the streets.
In the video posted on Kenyans in the UK Facebook page, the woman explained that her mother, who she described as an international businesswoman, had advised her against going to the UK but she ignored her.
"Well, I am the firstborn of three children. I have three brothers, Steven, George and Kevin, and a single mum who lives in Kenya. I was born in Kenya, and my mum works very hard. She is still alive. She had a brutal time in her life. I came to know about her struggle through different means. She is an international businesswoman. She really came from nothing and worked her way up," she spoke.
"I have a daughter as well. She is 11 years old and her name is Peggy Junior. My mum works as a businesswoman. We all went to school. We were educated internationally. We went to different countries. I came to England, Steven went to America, and George went to Manchester. He was here with me and Kevin went to a South Malaysian country," Peggy narrated.
"When I came to England, I came to undertake my Masters in International Marketing. It was a short stint because the course was short too and I had already done my Bachelor’s Degree. When I went home, my mother begged me to stay, stating that she had a bad premonition, but I didn't understand," she added.
Peggy, who did not explain how exactly she ended up homeless in the UK, said her efforts to get help have been unsuccessful. She also said she lost custody of her daughter, who is 11 years now.
"I have searched for help severally but most offices state that they couldn't help me because I wasn't mentally challenged, nor physically disabled, nor did I have a criminal record. I told them that I have a daughter and I am a girl, but they still declined," an emotional Peggy, who was being interviewed by a white man, said.
She said she has encountered several problems while in the streets including physical and sexual assault. "A well-wisher came and bought me clothes and socks on Valentine's Day. There are some kind people out there who also bought me sun cream and tights. However, that night, I was bound all over, they strangled my neck, and I was screaming all over. I was so scared because they had needles they use to inject me with the drugs they abuse," she recounted.
"That night I also lost custody of my daughter. My mum is a decent human being, so it is not right for us girls to be tortured because we have no men to help us. You cannot go on doing this. I am not a mammal, I am a human being. It is so painful.”
"Give me my daughter and I go back home. I am a brilliant woman. Hi, baby gal (Peggy Junior), mom and Steven, George and Kelvin. I am alive still, in spite of everything. My first happiness is my family. My daughter, mum, and brothers. I don't have a father," Peggy pleaded.
Life, in these Wazungu countries can easily come tumbling down like a deck of cards: from nowhere. You spend a whole day or night at work, then when you report the following day or night, BOOM! A notice reads: THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN CLOSED INDEFINITELY. Or you get laid off, fired, or suspended. Shock and despair hits you like a thunderbolt. What next? You got rent or morgage to service, a car payment, student loan, baby care, credit cards, bank loans, utilities etc. The last option that comes in a Kenyan mind, is apply for unemployment. In as much as you work hard to keep that check coming in, fate or just an unexpected corporate notice could just make your heart skip a bit. The problem of, especially residents in America, is that its not easy or possible to have a side hustle. All you can do is jump from one job to the other, or twanga doubles ma doubles. Homelessness in America is just one or two checks away, and it can hit anybody. Recovering or re cooping a lost check(s) takes time. I once saw an IT guy who was earning $150k and one day it just happened. Imagine the lifestyle (bills) of such a guy who later tried his hand at McDonald to keep life going. Its important for people to have a "What ifs" because what happens to one could happen to anybody. Or simply go gaga with Mkenyahalisi tirades.
Hehehehe peggy peggy n many others in majuu maheaven.Always eat 7$ save 3 $ fir shitty day juu i can guarantee u it can happen to anyone.Pples who moved to majuu hate kenya dearly n they don't want to think or dream if they can move back?Buy few plots or build one house give it for rent juu akia ya mungu u will never know what can hit you whether ur a professor with phd or cna.Guys how i wish u knew how life is good hapa home if u have njipangard kidogo.U have yr house u owe nobody,u wake up anytime u feel or want,u socialise enough.u don't need heaps of cash to live unless u want to exxegerate yr life.Anyway ur the one to make the right choices in yr life.Majuu ni kuzuri but u will forever remain a slave who MUST work forever paying morgages,big cars etc.
Western nations are overrated. Is Peggy making herself known to African church communities in her area? They come through at such times. The white man will just use her as a stereotype to promote his documentaries or for BBC😣
