FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 17, 2017
Nigerian Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking and Fraud Scheme

UTICA, NEW YORK – Obinna Obioha, age 31, and a citizen of Nigeria, pled guilty today to wire fraud, and admitted to participating in a scheme to hack into computers and email accounts in the United States for the purpose of stealing money from American companies.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Vadim D. Thomas, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

As part of his guilty plea, Obioha admitted that, while in Nigeria, he worked with others to hack into computers and email accounts used by dozens of victims in the United States and around the world. After monitoring victims’ information to identify imminent commercial transactions, Obioha and his associates created knockoff email addresses that appeared similar to – but varied slightly from – victims’ legitimate email addresses.

Obioha and his associates then used those bogus email accounts to send fraudulent invoices to victims, instructing them to wire funds to bank accounts controlled by Obioha and his associates, under the pretense that the wires were payments for actual deals that had been previously negotiated by the victims. Obioha admitted that between January and September 2016, he was involved in at least 50 wire transfers, and that about $6.5 million was sent to the bank accounts that he and his associates controlled. The accounts received money from fraud victims in New York, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, and Texas, among other places.

Obioha was arrested on October 6, 2016, after flying from Lagos, Nigeria, to JFK International Airport. He has been in custody since that time.

United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian said: “Foreign criminal enterprises prey upon American businesses and are using increasingly sophisticated means to do so, as demonstrated by this scheme. Obioha’s apprehension and conviction is a reminder that foreign nationals targeting American businesses cannot operate with impunity and that the reach of U.S. law enforcement agencies is global.”

“The FBI plays the long game,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Vadim D. Thomas. “Today's plea is proof that no matter how distant justice may seem, no matter where criminal enterprises may operate, the FBI and our law enforcement partners are committed to securing justice for our businesses and communities.”

Obioha faces up to 20 years in prison and a maximum $250,000 fine, as well as the possibility of being ordered to pay restitution, when he is sentenced on July 26, 2017 by United States District Judge David N. Hurd. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/nigerian-man-pleads-guilty-hacking-and-fraud-scheme

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Chai waris dis

Busted

generalbush:
Wow... Intelligence!!

As long as it is not rituals like we do in the waste, I am okay with it.

yes na

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Only a flat head will be cool with fraud that ruins people and makes someone declare bankruptcy because their money was dubiously taken away from them and used to oppress another flat headed jew in beastern part of the "zoo".

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Yeah only a flat heads.

Earth2Metahuman:
yes na

Only a flat head will be okay with drugs that kill and make millions act irrationally as long as money must is involved.


Only a flat head will be cool with fraud that ruins people and make someone declare bankruptcy because their money was dubiously taking away from and used to oppressed flat headed jew in beastern part of the "zoo".

Only a flat head will be cool with baby factory, ritualists, kidnapping, cannibalism because to him, they are smart thing to do in recession.

Yeah only a flat heads.

Your English sucks!!

Are you in secondary school??

generalbush:

Your English sucks!!
Are you in secondary school??

says a fraudulent flat head.

Earth2Metahuman:
says a fraudulent flat head.

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Trust me!!

generalbush:


So you agree that skull rituals is the profession of a specific tribe right?

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Trust me!!

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Earth2Metahuman:
see the person who wants to pay someone's school fees o

Stop derailing troll.

Lol

Advanced fraud..let him served 10 years over there and make to complete his last ten years in any Nigeria kirikiri version of his choice..