Emmanuel Nwude

Emmanuel Nwude was a businessman from Nigeria. He used to work for a bank called Union Bank of Nigeria. But he became famous for something very different and a bit sneaky. He tricked a bank in Brazil, a country far away, out of a HUGE amount of money. He told them he was building a new airport, but it wasn't real!

Emmanuel Nwude and his friends told a banker named Nelson Sakaguchi that they needed money for a new airport. They convinced him it was a great idea! They asked for $242 million dollars. That's more money than you could count in a lifetime! They got most of it in cash, and the rest was like extra fees. It was a lot of money, enough to buy thousands of toys or build many playgrounds!

What Emmanuel Nwude did was one of the biggest bank tricks ever! It was so big that it was the third largest bank crime in history at that time. Think about it like being the third fastest runner in a race, but for doing something wrong. It's a WOW fact that shows how much money was involved.

After the big trick, Emmanuel Nwude was involved in other serious things. Later, in 2016, he was even accused of being part of a big attack and was arrested. It's a complicated story with many twists and turns. His story shows how important it is to be honest and trustworthy.