{
  "id": 516865,
  "title": "23 foreigners operating Ponzi scheme nabbed in Ogun",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/23-foreigners-operating-ponzi-scheme-nabbed-in-ogun-516865",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T00:40:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/23-foreigners-operating-ponzi-scheme-nabbed-in-ogun/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Twenty-three foreign nationals were arrested in Onipanu-Ota, Ogun State, for operating a Ponzi scheme and other immigration offenses. According to the Punch, the Ogun State Police made the arrests.\n\nThe arrested individuals were operating a Ponzi scheme and a visa scam. No further details about the arrested individuals or the nature of the offenses were provided by the reports.\n\nIn a separate incident, a man named Kehinde Makinde, also known as \"Pastor Kenny,\" was arrested by the Ogun State Police for allegedly obtaining ₦2.5 million from 18 people under the false pretence of organising a government-sponsored pilgrimage to Jerusalem, the Daily Post Nigeria reported.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Police arrest 23 foreign nationals over ponzi scheme, visa fraud in Ogun",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/police-arrest-23-foreign-nationals-over-ponzi-scheme-visa-fraud-in",
        "published": "2026-08-10T10:08:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "23 foreigners operating Ponzi scheme nabbed in Ogun",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/23-foreigners-operating-ponzi-scheme-nabbed-in-ogun",
        "published": "2026-08-11T00:20:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}