John Oseni, a self-proclaimed teenage full-stack developer and rising tech sensation, faces accusations of scam and fraud on the X platform.
The allegations surfaced following a thread by software developer Ayotomide (@czarify) on Wednesday. Ayotomide recounted his collaboration with Oseni on a startup project, highlighting discrepancies in Oseni’s representations.
According to Ayotomide, Oseni claimed to have secured investors and nearly completed backend development.
However, it was revealed that the backend work had not even commenced, contrary to Oseni’s assurances. Despite receiving minimal compensation, Ayotomide continued to invest efforts in the project.
Oseni allegedly enticed a team of skilled Nigerian developers with promises and minimal pay, leading to discontent within the group.
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The tipping point came when the CEO, one Mr Akinola previously unknown to @czarify, called for a meeting. Oseni in a bid to cover his tracks rejected the meeting, sparking suspicions. The subsequent revelation that the CEO had been defrauded of nearly $40,000 exposed a web of deception, by the teenager. Social media platform X has since been agog with various reactions to the matter.
These recent revelations on X have further led to users on the platform attesting to the alleged fraud committed by the young “techie”.
Not saying John’s too young for all these. but somehow I had it in mind then that “mehn he was way too young for such data strings” scheme codes??? Like the Lisp programming family. urgh!!! Funny enough i was always there on LinkedIn to say “Wow this boy is good”
Oseni has also been seen in pictures with celebrities and industry leaders at various events both locally and internationally. There is also a court document claiming that he owes roughly N16 million over the misappropriation of funds from Fintech startup Akranex, which he is to pay back by October 2024.
Reports by @czar show that Akranex was the startup project he came on board to work on with Oseni before things went south.
John Oseni became a social media sensation after news about him being offered a job by an Italian firm went viral. According to an interview he had in 2022, the 16-year-old at the time said he learned to code in a week and after a while(2021) landed roles with Flywallet and Cryptonite.
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