The United States Department of Justice has indicted dozens of individuals
mostly Nigerians, who are accused of involvement in massive business of e-mail scam and money laundry scheme of
about $3bn. A total of 80 defendants
have been implicated in the scheme so far.
The
FBI said, “The impersonation attacks have cost American businesses more than
$3bn loss since 2015. Prosecutors named
one Valentine Iro, 31 and Chukwudi Igbokwe, 38, both Nigerian nationals and
residents of California, as kingpins in the operation.
Prosecutors
particularly fingered Iro and Igbokwe as “essentially brokers” of fraudulent
bank accounts by fueling reports for bank account information and laundering
the money obtained from victims.
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