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Cameroonian Man Admits to Stealing Medication Intended for the Poor

By Maria Glod (originally published in the Washington Post)

A Maryland man admitted Monday in federal court that he stole medication intended for poor people in Africa and sold them for a profit.

Joseph Egbe, 44, of Gwynn Oak is the owner of e-Meditech, a charitable group that had a contract with the Catholic Medical Mission Board to distribute the drugs. Egbe made more than $10,000 by selling some of them to a Baltimore pharmacist, who then repackaged and resold them, federal authorities said.

Egbe pleaded guilty to misbranding of pharmaceuticals in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. His attorney, William E. Tabot, could not immediately be reached to comment.

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Cameroonian Fugitive busted after unwise Facebook friend request

GENE JOHNSON (Associated Press)

SEATTLE — Maxi Sopo was living the dream of a fugitive abroad, kicking back on the beaches of Cancun by day, partying in the clubs by night.

Then he did two things that are never a good idea when you're on the run from authorities: He started posting Facebook updates about how much fun he was having — and added a former Justice Department official to his list of friends.

That kind of recklessness landed the 26-year-old native of Cameroon in a Mexico City jail, where he is awaiting extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges. Federal prosecutors say he and an associate falsely obtained more than $200,000 from Seattle-area banks and credit unions.

Canada: B.C. man out $1,800 in Cameroon puppy scam

 Originally posted on canada.com

Wife livid: RCMP
  
VICTORIA — A man from Sooke, B.C., has learned the hard way not to buy a puppy over the Internet from someone in Cameroon

The man, who was not identified by police, called Sooke RCMP to report he was lost about $1,800 after responding to an ad for boxer puppies posted on UsedVictoria.com, a popular website to buy and sell used goods.

He responded to the ad and agreed to wire $900 to someone in Cameroon, an African country bordering Nigeria.

(UK) Hampton woman threatened with "black magic" by Cameroon con artists

By Chris Wickham (Richmond Twickenham Times)

A woman has been conned out of £400 and threatened with “black magic” after trying to buy a puppy on the internet.

Joanna French, 27, spotted an advert on the Sun Local website – branded like the national newspaper of the same name but run by Oodle, an internet classified service – and sent the money expecting to receive the new dog.

When it didn’t turn up and she complained, she was threatened by a gang operating out of Cameroon and told “black magic” would be placed upon her.

US: Two Cameroonians charged on federal conspiracy & wire fraud charges

The FBI New Orleans issued a press release today regarding the arrests of two individuals in connection with conspiracy and wire fraud charges.  The press release reads as follows:

"NEW ORLEANS, LA—JALLA PIERRE EMANUEL, age 38, and JACKSON NTONE NDEMBA, age 35, citizens of the Republic of Cameroon, were arrested yesterday by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and charged by a criminal complaint with conspiracy and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.

UK: 30 people, mostly Cameroonians, held at gunpoint in Leeds and robbed

By Bruce Smith (Originally published in the Yorkshire Evening Post)

THIRTY people were held at gunpoint at a house in Leeds.

Two masked robbers, one armed with what appeared to be a handgun, burst into the semi-detached house on Beech Mount, Gipton, where the victims – many originating from Cameroon in Africa - were meeting at 9.30pm on Saturday.

Sakerettes Converge on Obama-City for annual convention

By Joyce Ashuntantang, Ph.D. *

 The ex-students of the all girls secondary school, Saker Baptist College, Limbe Cameroon popularly known as Sakerrettes will be holding their annual convention in Washington DC from July 30th -2nd August.  This will be the second time the Sakerrettes are matching on the nation’s capital, but the  mood that pervades the convention this year is inspiring and this is in no small measure connected to the person now inhabiting the White house- Barack Hussein Obama. One of the highlights of the convention this year will be a tour of Washington DC’s historic monuments which will of course include the White house. But this  time around this visit to the white house will be “ a moment in time” where history, dreams and hopes converge to fuel a  new vision for our sojourn here in the United States of America. 

Leeds insurance fraudster jailed

Originally published in the Yorkshire Post

AN INSURANCE claims handler from Leeds who swindled more than £38,000 from his employers has been jailed.

Royal Bank of Scotland employee Raoul Tagne worked at the company's Direct Line insurance office on the Headrow, Leeds Crown Court heard.

Slain diplomat's son confesses - Cameroon envoy killed in UK

Originally published on News24.com

London - The son of a diplomat from Cameroon killed in London last year on Thursday admitted stabbing his father to death in a row over the cost of his studies.

Beza Mbeboh, now 29, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his 60-year-old father Kitts Mbeboh - a cultural attaché at the Cameroon High Commission in the British capital - last August.

Mbeboh, arguing with his father about fees at the London School of Architecture, stabbed him in the chest at the family home in west London, the Old Bailey court in London heard.

"They are a high-achieving family and there would be an element of expectation," detective Eamonn Halliday said as Mbeboh admitted manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility, but denied murder.

Prosecutor Victor Temple told the court: "This is a plea which reflects the justice of the case." Mbeboh was remanded in custody pending further tests including at a psychiatric unit before he is sentenced later in the year.

USA: Cameroonian Pharmacist charged with defrauding authorities

Originally published in the Washington Examiner

06/24/09 10:05 PM EDT A Maryland pharmacist has been charged with Medicare and Medicaid fraud nearly a year after authorities found expired and counterfeit drugs being sold in her two pharmacies, court documents show.

Pamela Arrey is also suspected of sending more than $1 million to offshore accounts, documents said.

Cameroon man gets 10-year sentence in east China for fraud

 Originally published on Xinhuanet

    SHANGHAI, June 17 (Xinhua) -- A Cameroon national was sentenced to a 10-year jail term for fraud in Shanghai, local authorities said Wednesday.

    The man, Massango Priso Muna, pretended to be an assistant to an official with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and fraudulently obtained 1.015 million yuan (149,264 U.S. dollars) from a Chinese woman, according to the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court.

Jail time cut for pregnant illegal alien from Cameroon

Judge had lengthened sentence due to HIV-positive diagnosis

Originally published in Bangor Daily News

BANGOR, Maine — A pregnant, HIV-positive African woman will give birth in a Portland hospital rather than a federal prison after a U.S. District judge on Monday ordered that she be released on personal recognizance bail while her appeal to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is pending in Boston.

U.S. District Judge John Woodcock last month sentenced Quinta Layin Tuleh, 28, of Cameroon to 238 days in prison — twice as long as the recommended sentence of 114 days — for having false documents.

USA: Judge Jails Cameroonian Woman Until Baby is Born

HIV-positive diagnosis spurs extended sentence

By Judy Harrison (Originally published in the Bangor Daily News) 
 
BANGOR, Maine — A woman from the African nation of Cameroon could give birth in a federal prison because she is HIV-positive.

U.S. District Judge John Woodcock last month sentenced Quinta Layin Tuleh, 28, to 238 days in federal prison for having fake documents. Woodcock said the sentence would ensure that Tuleh’s baby, due Aug. 29, has a good chance of being born free of the AIDS virus.

Thailand: Cameroonian Feyman Arrested after Failed ‘Black Money’ Scam

Source: Pataya Daily News

Thailand: At 8:00 am on the 21st May 2009 police were summoned by a Thai woman who had detained a foreign man in central Pattaya. She claimed the man had borrowed 500,000 baht and was attempting to cheat her with a “Black Money” scam.
 
Police Lieutenant Colonel Tanagrit Lapittisun and his team went to an area near the Carrefour shopping centre in Central Pattaya where they found Miss Nid (alias) and her husband who were holding a 37-year-old Cameroon national, Mr. Frank Nya (37).

Kenneth and Ellen Acha: Helping Destitute Children in Cameroon

Originally published in the Temple Daily Telegraph

  Kenneth and Ellen Acha are expecting their first baby in August, although you could say the little boy will be the Temple couple’s 151st child.

Formerly of Cameroon, the Achas are long-distance parents of sorts to some 150 children in their homeland. Once as destitute as the children he now helps, Dr. Acha just finished medical school while Mrs. Acha is a nurse in Temple.

Though not many medical students and newlyweds are busy about the business of running orphanages in foreign countries, the Achas have more on their minds than setting up housekeeping. They’ve created a home for 21 homeless boys and girls while helping nearly 130 others with school tuition and basic needs through their non-profit ministry, Shaping Destiny.

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Commencement Address by Dr. Mokenge Malafa

UW-Green Bay 2009 Commencement Address
Commencement Speaker
Mokenge Malafa, M.D.

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement. 27 years ago I was in your shoes. What I did not know then was that I had just received one of the finest educations in the world and that I was about to embark on a journey that would need a lot of the skills and character which I developed here in Green Bay. Today I would like to share three stories from my life with you.

The first story is about the people that influenced the direction of my life.

One question that I am asked all the time is how did a poor kid from Africa end up with a college education from Green Bay, Wisconsin?

UK: MP Welcomes Asylum Seeker Deportation Delay

Stockton North MP Frank Cook has welcomed the decision to delay the deportation of an asylum seeker who could face death if he is returned to his native Cameroon.

Anselme Noumbiwa has lived in Stockton since 2006, when he fled from the West African country.

He claims he was tortured and faces death if he returns because he refused to marry his dead father's wives.

USA: Cameroon Lawyer Gets 5 Years For Asylum Scheme

Silver Spring man Patrick G. Tzeuton operated law office on Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road

by Fred Lewis (Originally published in Gazette.net)

A Silver Spring attorney who represented hundreds of clients in immigration matters before U.S. immigration officials was sentenced Wednesday to more than five years in prison and three years of supervised release for immigration fraud and other related charges, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt.

Ndiva Kofele-Kale Named University Distinguished Professor

Professor Ndiva Kofele-Kale has been named University Distinguished Professor (UDP) by Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Kofele-Kale, a faculty member at the Dedman School of Law was recommended by an Advisory Committee to the Provost comprised of 4 current holders of SMU endowed chairs and 2 current holders of University Distinguished Professorships.

The University Distinguished Professorships were created in 1982 by SMU's Board of Trustees to honor outstanding faculty members who meet the highest standards of academic achievement. University Distinguished Professors are appointed in perpetuity and receive cash awards of $10,000 per year for a 5-year rolling term. There are only seven UDPs in the entire university.

Ndiva Kofele-Kale first came to SMU in 1988 as a visiting professor from the University of Tennessee School of Law. He became a full-time faculty member in the Dedman School of Law in fall 1989 and a full professor in 1998. An expert in international dispute resolution, human rights and public international law, Kofele-Kale served from 1990-96 as associate editor of The International Lawyer, a joint publication of the American Bar Association and the Dedman School of Law. He teaches courses in public and private international law and business associations.

Click here for a complete profile of Prof. Kofele-Kale, including a list of his publications.

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Brussels court orders Cameroonian student re-admitted to Belgium

Belgium - A court in Brussels has ruled that Cameroonian student, Rudy Nzimo, in detention on suspicion of possessing fake passport, cannot be expelled from Belgium because the allegation had not been proved.

According to his lawyers, Nzimo must be allowed free entry into Belgium to complete his studies since the allegation that he had used a fake passport was not established.

The aliens' office, the department in charge of the legality or otherwise of foreigners in Belgium, also risks a fine of 100,000 euros if the Cameroonian student was deported.

Chantal Biya Gets Her Hollywood Moment

The Leadership for Health Summit, featuring 15 African first ladies, wraps up today in Los Angeles. The two-day summit allowed the first ladies to discuss maternal health, girls' education and HIV/AIDS related issues throughout Africa, according to its website.

Reuters reports that the closed-door summit introduced the African leaders' wives to business leaders, health policy experts and Hollywood celebrities -- with Sharon Stone, Danny Glover and Billy Zane scheduled to appear.

Former Cameroonian Political Operative Expelled from Canada

Adrian Humphreys, National Post 

Monday, April 13, 2009: A young man from Cameroon has been expelled from Canada after a federal judge declared that his sudden marriage to a Canadian did not make amends for his crimes against humanity as a political spy or for procuring underage girls for the sexual pleasure of the president's cousin.

Eric Francis Tchoumbou, 23, of Montreal, had fought to remain in Canada for nearly four years, alleging his former party militia colleagues in his West African homeland had tortured him despite his service as a political operative and party pimp.

Cameroonian Students Demonstrate in Brussels

Belgium - Cameroonian students demonstrated on Friday in Brussels for the fourth consecutive day to demand the release of a colleague who has been detained since Monday at Zaventem airport.
 

The fifth year civil engineering student of Université Libre in Brussels was returning to Belgium from Cameroon after a one-month holiday when police at Zaventem airport refused him entry claiming his face did not match the picture on his passport.