Hacker targeted U.S. government workers in scam that stole $1M, feds say

A Nigerian man who lived in the Newark area helped run a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that ordered about $1 million in office products after stealing personal information from U.S. government workers, federal officials said.

Olumide J. Ogunremi, who also went by “Tony Williams,” faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of a single count of wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said in a statement.

Ogunremi and his cohorts tricked employees of the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Department of Commerce into divulging their their usernames and passwords by creating fake websites and sending phony emails that mimic legitimate government sites and email addresses, authorities said.

They then used the stolen credentials to place fraudulent orders for office products - mainly printer toner cartridges - from vendors authorized to do business with government agencies. Ogunremi and his partners had their orders delivered to associates in New Jersey where the goods would be repackaged and shipped to Nigeria to be re-sold on the black market.

The scam operated for about six months in 2013.

Ogunremi, who fled to Canada, was extradited to the United States on Sept. 26 and charged two days later. He is being held in New Jersey without bail.

One of Ogunremi’s co-conspirator’s, Abiodun Adejohn, previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy, and was sentenced to three years in prison in May 2015.

Nukilia:
Heaven help us to live a honest and good life as citizens of Nigeria.

NGRsenate:
Nawa o

You scam people in the US and still ship proceeds of your scam to people with addresses in the US?

I’m sure he used gmail

I’m sure he used the computer he was using for this to check his private emails and Facebook and Twitter on the same browser window where he does his other black stuff

I’m sure he was using his home wifi with a US vpn or even without a vpn sef

There were probably too many breadcrumbs. There are Albanian credit card fraudsters in the US, plenty, but you hardly hear about one getting caught.

Blacks naturally tend to be unwise.

immortalityk:
Yorubas are just too tech savvy
Yorubas and tech

Mutemenot:
He's representing the South West in the competition

tayebest:
This guy na brain box America will keep him somewhere until we don't hear about him again and they will eventually explore his talents.

tayebest:
This guy na brain box America will keep him somewhere until we don't hear about him again and they will eventually explore his talents.

immortalityk:
Yorubas are just too tech savvy
Yorubas and tech

Freemanbobble:


There is nothing honest about life niggarrr

Life itself is a scam life sef is scam

tayebest:
This guy na brain box America will keep him somewhere until we don't hear about him again and they will eventually explore his talents.