More details have emerged about Chinemezu Sapphire Egemasi, the young Nigerian woman at the centre of a multi-million dollar fraud investigation in the United States.
Egemasi, widely known on social media as the “Tech Queen,” was arrested by operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 10, 2025, in the Bronx, New York. Below are 15 key facts about the embattled tech personality:
1. Her full name is Chinemezu Sapphire Egemasi.
2. She is 28 years old.
3. Egemasi is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business with Human Resources Management (CIPD) at Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom.
4. She is a software developer who regularly showcased a lifestyle of affluence and global travel on social media.
5. She previously interned with British multinational oil and gas company, BP, in the People and Culture department. She also held sales assistant roles at popular fashion retailers, Zara and H&M.
6. In Nigeria, she was actively involved with AIESEC, where she held several leadership roles, including Team Leader, International Relations Manager, and Coordinator of Outgoing Exchange Programmes.
7. Her X (formerly Twitter) account reflects a globe-trotting lifestyle, with posts from countries including Portugal, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia, Montenegro, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
8. In addition to Nigeria, she has reportedly lived in Ghana, the United States, and the United Kingdom (Cambridge).
9. U.S. authorities allege that Egemasi played a central role in a $1.3 million fraud scheme targeting American institutions.
10. She is suspected of serving as the lead tech expert in an international cybercrime syndicate.
11. Investigators claim she was responsible for designing spoof websites that impersonated official U.S. government portals.
12. She allegedly managed and facilitated the movement of illicit funds through these fraudulent platforms.
13. Alongside her Ghanaian co-defendants, Egemasi is accused of conspiring to defraud the City of Kentucky of $965,000, which was allegedly funneled into an account at PNC Bank.
14. She was arrested in the Bronx, New York, following a months-long investigation.
15. If convicted, Chinemezu Sapphire Egemasi faces up to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison for her alleged role in the multi-million-dollar cyber fraud scheme.
