Guy Blackburn Hamilton: A Portrait of Deception The Troubled Path of a Notorious Conman Guy Alexander Blackburn-Hamilton’s story is woven from the threads of deception and persistent scandal. Though born in Ireland and holding Irish citizenship, his life has been shaped not by honest achievement, but by a relentless pattern of fraud, false identity, and broken trust. From the outset, Guy sought opportunity not through merit, but manipulation. After spending most of his life in the UK—with a brief stint in St. Lucia during the mid-1980s—he quickly became acquainted with the law, facing arrest for cocaine possession in St. Lucia and serving time for fraud in the UK. His personal life has been just as tumultuous, marked by three marriages. His first two wives are deceased, while his last wife, Katrina Bullock, remains in the UK after Guy absconded to Spain, taking up with a new partner, Magdalena Tello. Financially, Guy stands as a cautionary tale: he has been an undischarged bankru...
Former EFCC chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has shared shocking details of how Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, a businessman, defrauded the Nigerian government of N3.7 billion through petrol subsidy fraud. In his book titled The Shadow of Loot & Losses: Uncovering Nigeria’s Petroleum Subsidy Fraud, Bawa explained how Ogunbambo used fake documents to collect money meant for importing fuel. According to Bawa, Ogunbambo claimed he imported petrol, but the fuel never existed. He forged shipping documents and presented them to the government to receive payments. Ogunbambo, who was the managing director of Fargo Petroleum and Gas Ltd, was declared wanted by the EFCC in 2013. He was charged with collecting N976.6 million fraudulently. While the case was still in court, he jumped bail and fled the country. Bawa said Ogunbambo had multiple identities and was also wanted in other countries like Ireland, the UK, and the USA. The book also talks about how fuel subsidy fraud has been a major problem in...