Tag: Ebuka Raphael Umeti

Two Nigerian Nationals Sentenced for $5M Business Email Compromise Scam

FinTelegram tamir - September 6, 2024

Two Nigerian nationals have been sentenced in the U.S. for orchestrating a BEC scheme that defrauded U.S. companies out of more than $5 million. Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna, 34, received five years and three months in prison and was ordered to pay nearly $5 million in restitution. His co-conspirator, Ebuka Raphael Umeti, 35, was sentenced to 10 years and ordered to pay the same amount in restitution.

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