Nigerian National Sentenced to Prison for $11 Million Global Fraud Scheme

justice.gov ^ | February 16, 2021 | U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Virginia

[Kriggerel]

So, one Nigerian Prince down, how many more to go? :P

[MCF]

He must have been that Nigerian Prince he have heard about over the years

[exnavy]

global fraud scheme=climate change

[Signalman]

Anyone dumb enough to fall for these Nigerian scams deserves to be taken to the cleaners.

[excalibur21]

Really glad that DOJ actually took this case for a change.

[mythenjoseph]

FBI’s “WORLDWIDE REACH”....shame they forgot the nation that brought them into existence.

[SgtHooper]

Whew! Thought for a moment that was the Nigerian prince I’m working with.

[DarthVader]

Sent him to Gitmo.

[dsrtsage]

I wonder what kind of futuristic world we could be living in if the amount of energy democrats or their ideological international cousins had directed the energy and resources to the betterment of humanity instead of the latest and greatest fraud scheme or to lord it over others. We would probably all have flying cars by now.

[Newtoidaho]

“The conspirators obtained and compiled the credentials of hundreds of victims, including victims in the Eastern District of Virginia”

AKA dumb ass liberals.

[blueunicorn6]

Farewell, sweet prince.

[liberalh8ter]

Imagine if that energy had been harnessed to improve their Country and living conditions? It's amazing how productive Nigerians can be in their pursuit of ill-gotten gains while Americans, who are routinely targeted by them, are being told by our own government they are in desperate need - to the tune of $8 billion over the last 20 years.

[Lazamataz]

Not that kind of scam. This one was a phish email.

[Mark17]

He must have been that Nigerian Prince he have heard about over the years

I am still waiting for my 20 million dollars. I wonder if I will ever get it? 😁🤪🤗🤣😂 (joke)

[PeterPrinciple]

“Through subterfuge and impersonation, Obinwanne Okeke engaged in a multi-year global business email and computer hacking scheme that caused a staggering $11 million in losses to his victims,”

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Piker compared to the govt............................

[Bob434]

Quick, he needs your help. He has a bank account where you can deposited just 1000 dollars and in return,, you will receive 1,000,000 In return /sarcasm

[SMARTY]

Right-and THESE are the things the FBI successfully investigates?

[Timocrat]

Upon release he will be granted permanent immigration status on compassionate grounds that he can no longer find employment.

[Seruzawa]

Unfortunately too mahy of the victims are elderly people who are losing their mental faculties. My mother-in-law got caught in a scam where she bought storm windows and the contract had the clause where they would take her house if she missed one payment. Fortunately I caught it and voided the contract before the 72 hour waiting period was over. $5000 or $1200 worth of storm windows. We watched her very closely after that.

So while I generally think that people who get caught in scams deserve it, this modus operandi of targeting the elderly deserves the death penalty, IMHO.