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The United States Department of Justice, DOJ, has arrested 2 Nigerian nationals and others implicit their engagement successful amerciable voting, fake elector registration and mendacious assertion of American citizenship linked to national elections.
This was announced successful a connection connected Monday arsenic the section clamped down connected suspected election-related crimes.
According to the DOJ, the arrested Nigerians are 61-year-old Mohammed Omar Hassan and 74-year-old Michael Agah.
The section further stated that Hassan was charged successful the Southern District of Texas for voting arsenic a non-citizen portion Agah was charged successful the Western District of North Carolina for voting arsenic a non-citizen and falsely claiming to beryllium a US national to vote.
"Nigerian nationalist Mohammed Omar Hassan, 61, a lawful imperishable resident, has been charged with voting by an alien. Hassan allegedly voted successful the 2022 and 2024 elections,” the connection said.
It added that it charged Agah, a lawful imperishable resident, with voting by an alien and making a mendacious assertion to US citizenship to vote.
The DOJ accused Agah of falsely claiming that helium was a US national connected an Authorization to Vote Form, noting that connected November 5, 2024, helium voted successful a national election.
Speaking, Attorney General Todd Blanche said the announcement is the biggest surge successful voter-fraud arrests since Trump returned to office.
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