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Nigeria’s Emeka Ndukwu Sentenced To Jail In US After Defrauding 7 Firms Of $.9m by sonsomegrigbo: 1:13pm On Jul 29, 2018
One Emeka Ndukwu has been found guilty of money laundering


- The suspect was sentenced to four years in prison

- Another co-conspirator is still at large

Emeka Ndukwu, 46, a Nigerian-American based in Maryland, has been sentenced to four years in prison for engaging in business e-mail scheme and conspiring to launder more than $900,000 proceeds of scams.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in a statement, said Ndukwu tricked seven companies in the United States and abroad into wiring more than $900,000 into accounts controlled by various co-conspirators.

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“A co-defendant, Chuka Mbonu, 33, of Nigeria, remains at large,” the U.S. authorities said.

FBI said: “Ndukwu, a dual citizen of the United States and Nigeria, pleaded guilty in April 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to one count of money laundering conspiracy.


“He was sentenced by the Honourable Timothy J. Kelly. Following his prison term, he will be placed on three years of supervised release.

“The judge also ordered Ndukwu to pay $791,870 in restitution to the companies.

“Additionally, Judge Kelly ordered Ndukwu to forfeit a 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL450 and to pay a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $429,848, representing the share of the criminal proceeds that Ndukwu personally obtained”.

According to documents filed at the time of the plea, Ndukwu participated in an ongoing conspiracy from 2013 through 2017 to receive and launder the proceeds of various cyber frauds, primarily arising from business e-mail (“BEC”) compromise schemes.

In a typical BEC scheme, a co-conspirator tricks a company into transferring large sums of money into accounts controlled by others participating in the scheme.

Using fake e-mails, often containing forged sender addresses, co-conspirators impersonate someone connected to the victim company and deceive an employee of that company into wiring funds.

Soon after the wire transfers are completed, the co-conspirators drain the bank accounts and launder the criminal proceeds.

“This particular conspiracy targeted at least seven companies in the United States and overseas, including victims in Texas, Illinois, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, India, Japan, and China.

“The victims were fraudulently induced into sending $916,056 in wire transfers to accounts controlled by Ndukwu and other co-conspirators.

“The funds were then laundered through transactions conducted in Washington, D.C. and other jurisdictions, including layering through shell company accounts and accounts controlled by co-conspirators,” the FBI said.

According to the court documents, Ndukwu used false aliases and forged Nigerian passports to facilitate these schemes, and he used encrypted messaging to communicate with co-conspirators.

Ndukwu was indicted in December 2017 and has been in custody since his arrest that month.

The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christopher Brown and Michael Marando are prosecuting the case, with assistance from Paralegal Specialist C. Rosalind Pressley, while former Assistant U.S. Attorney Natalia Medina participated in investigating the case

Meanwhile, the zonal police public relations officer (PPRO) Dolapo Badmus has come out to warn ladies who derive so much fun in dating yahoo boys all in the name of living a flashy lifestyle.

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Badmus made this statement following the recent killing of former Ondo state deputy governor’s daughter, Adenike Khadijah Oluboyo, in Akure by her boyfriend.

On Tuesday, July 10, the zonal PPRO took to her Instagram handle to share pictures of late Oluboyo and her lover, Adeyemi Alao, as she advised young ladies to stay away from yahoo boys because they are at risk of losing their lives at a very young age.







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Re: Nigeria’s Emeka Ndukwu Sentenced To Jail In US After Defrauding 7 Firms Of $.9m by Nobody: 1:20pm On Jul 29, 2018
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Re: Nigeria’s Emeka Ndukwu Sentenced To Jail In US After Defrauding 7 Firms Of $.9m by opera1(m): 1:22pm On Jul 29, 2018
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Re: Nigeria’s Emeka Ndukwu Sentenced To Jail In US After Defrauding 7 Firms Of $.9m by HonSuQMaDIQ(m): 1:26pm On Jul 29, 2018
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Re: Nigeria’s Emeka Ndukwu Sentenced To Jail In US After Defrauding 7 Firms Of $.9m by Nobody: 1:34pm On Jul 29, 2018
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Re: Nigeria’s Emeka Ndukwu Sentenced To Jail In US After Defrauding 7 Firms Of $.9m by Homeboiy: 1:39pm On Jul 29, 2018
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Re: Nigeria’s Emeka Ndukwu Sentenced To Jail In US After Defrauding 7 Firms Of $.9m by SarakiBukola: 10:09pm On Jul 29, 2018
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