A Nigerian businessman, who once appeared on the cover of Forbes magazine, has been jailed for 10 years in the US over a cyber fraud scam that led to the theft of about $11m (£8m). Obinwanne Okeke, also known as Invictus Obi, used Nigerian-based companies to defraud people in the US.
His companies used phishing emails to steal funds from victims.
In 2016 Forbes Africa listed Okeke among the most influential business people under the age of 30.
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In one phishing attack in 2018 the fraudsters managed to gain access to the email of a manager at Unatrac Holding Limited, the export sales office for Caterpillar’s heavy industrial and farm equipment.
They made fraudulent wire transfers to the value of nearly $11m, and moved the funds overseas.
Okeke’s sentencing demonstrated the US authorities’ determination to pursue international cybercriminals no matter where they committed their crimes, said the statement from the Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Virginia.
Umbwa.. Si ako na akili.. Wewe ndio hauna.. Ju unathani anatumia ni ni kufanya izo hacks?? Wewe ndio hauna akili yeye ako nazo mingi.. Ukicompare mtu anahack $11M na mtu anashinda tu KTalk kupost ujinga, nani hana akili??
Uko na point fulani,Nigerian businessman steal wholesome and for this to happen the structure(Oga brother hood) has to be in place.Its not never one man job, the ibo have perfected the stealing or chopping the prefered name.
These Nigerians folks have perfected the art of online fraud. I can never forget when they wiped out my credit card. They’re very smart, but their days are always numbered.
The kind of phishing emails and other online scams I see these days can fool even the elite, including hawk-eyed techies. When you add hackers’ collusion with internal bank employees, it is inevitable that at one point you will lose a certain amount of cash to online scammers.
They are daring not smart. Hizi vitu wanafanya are so basic hackingwise and many Kenyans can pull them from their Roysambu bedsitters. What they fear is the long arm of Uncle Sam.
In the hacking world there’s an adage that says “good hackers are never caught”.