U.S. Revokes Citizenship of Nigerian Vivian Obichere for Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice revoked the citizenship of Vivian Chike Obichere, a Nigerian native, after a judgment from the U.S.

District Court for the Northern District of California on 13 October. Obichere had illegally procured her U.S. citizenship by concealing a passport fraud scheme that began in 1992.

She used the identity of a real U.S. citizen, referred to as "C.C.O.," to obtain a fraudulent passport, which she renewed in 2002. In 2003, she entered the immigration system as a lawful permanent resident under her real name.

However, in 2012, she attempted to renew the fraudulent passport while applying for naturalization under her actual name, falsely claiming she had never used the alias. She was granted U.S. citizenship in 2013, despite ongoing investigations.

In 2015, Obichere was convicted of making false statements in a passport application. The Justice Department filed a denaturalization complaint on 30 July, leading to the court's ruling on 13 October.

This case is part of a broader denaturalization effort by the current administration.