4 Nigerians, 11 others charged with with $18m cyber fraud in US (full list)
The United States government has charged four Nigerians and 11 others for an alleged $18 million cyber and bank fraud on Tuesday, December 10, at the Manhattan Federal Court, New York.
A statement by the US Department of Justice said that four of the accused were arrested in the District of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday while one was already in state custody and 10 are still on the run.
Here is the full list of the defendants:
1. Oladayo Oladokun, 46
2. Farouk Kukoyi, 33
3. Baldwin Osuji, 31
4. Henry Ogbuokiri, 32
5. Joshua Hicks, 24
6. Anthony Nelson, 28
7. Derrick Banks, 27
8. Ibrahima Doukoure, 61
9. Jamar Skeete, 36
10. Paul Yaw Osei, 32
11. Kowan Poole, 29
12. Darrel Williams, 62
13. Daryl Bartley, 58
14. Garnet Steven Murray-Sesay, 35
15. Andrew heaven, 49
It was also gathered that the accused will face a maximum of 30 years in prison if found guilty of the charges preferred against them, which is conspiracy to commit fraud and wire fraud. Seven of the defendants, Messrs. Ogbuokiri, Hicks, Banks, Pool, Williams, Bartley, and Murray-Sesay- who were also charged with aggravated identity theft, could face a mandatory sentence of two years in prison. They allegedly committed the offences in three stages. The defendants allegedly started the offence by opening more than 60 business accounts using the names and social security numbers of victims of identity theft. Afterwards, they deposited money they obtained by defrauding victims into the accounts. The third and the last stage involves transferring the proceeds of their fraudulent acts into other accounts or by cash withdrawals. In recent times, the United state has increased its fight against cyber fraud, and this fight has seen a lot of Nigerians indicted, notable of mentioning is the arrest and indictment of Obinwanne Okeke, AKA “Invictus Obi who was accused of master minding a $11m dollars fraud deal. The fight against cyber fraud further saw the United states collaborating with the Nigerian government through the FBI and EFCC working together to take down cyber fraud syndicate groups.
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