Authorities in Wake County, North Carolina, have arrested Roseline Iyewande Ajeshola, a Nigerian-American woman and well-known Lagos socialite, over allegations that she posed as a financial broker to defra¥d a victim of more than $247,000.
According to arrest warrants obtained from the Morrisville Police Department, Ajeshola, who resides in Katy, Texas, faces four felony counts of Obtaining Property by False Pretense, a Class C felony under North Carolina law.
Investigators allege that she misrepresented herself as a broker and instructed the victim to transfer large sums of money into a bank account she controlled, before allegedly forwarding the funds to another party.
Court documents list four transfers tied to the suspected scheme: $52,000, $130,000, $60,000, $5,000
The transactions reportedly occurred on February 26, 2025, totaling more than $247,000.
Her arrest has drawn widespread attention online after her mugsh+t circulated on social media, while the case remains under investigation.
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