CASE NUMBER 10946:

Obinwanne ‘Invictus Obi’ Okeke gets 10-year jail term for fraud

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Alleged Perpetrators(s)

Obinwanne Okeke

Location (Town / State)

Virginia, USA, Nationwide

Date of Event

16 Feb 2021

Date of republication

16 February every year

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Case Summary

Obinwanne Okeke, a Nigerian businessman and member of the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list, has received a 10-year prison sentence for his involvement in a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims in an American court.

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He had earlier pleaded guilty to the crimes in June.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia supplied information on the courtroom judgment early Wednesday morning.
According to courtroom documents, Mr. Okeke, 33, operated a set of businesses referred to as the Invictus Group primarily based totally in Nigeria and elsewhere. From about 2015 to 2019, Okeke and others engaged in a conspiracy to behavior numerous computer-primarily based totally frauds, prosecutors said. The conspirators acquired and compiled the credentials of masses of victims, which includes victims withinside the Eastern District of Virginia.
Okeke, 33, and the other conspirators used email breach to target Unatrac Holding Limited, the overseas distributor of Caterpillar's large industrial and agricultural machinery. A Unatrac executive was tricked by a phishing email in April 2018 so that the conspirators could obtain login information. The conspirators issued phony wire transfer requests with fictitious invoices attached. Okeke took part in the scheme to defraud Unatrac by sending over $11 million in fraudulent wire transfers to foreign countries.
In addition, Okeke engaged in other types of cybercrime, such as building phony websites, sending phishing emails to gather login information, and inflicting significant damages to multiple victims.
Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Brian Dugan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office, made the announcement after sentencing by Chief U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith.

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https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/443320-obinwanne-okeke-sentenced-to-prison-for-11-million-global-fraud-scheme.html
https://guardian.ng/news/obinwanne-invictus-obi-okeke-gets-10-year-jail-term-for-fraud/
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/17/africa/obinwanne-okeke-invictus-obi-fraud-intl/index.html

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