Two Nigerians who were serving in the United States Air Force have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in an international cyber fraud scheme targeting businesses and non-profit organisations across the US.
The two convicts, Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu and Harafat Mogaji, were sentenced to 111 months and 78 months in federal prison respectively.
According to details of the case, the duo was involved in a network that used stolen credit card information and phishing emails to divert funds and payments into bank accounts controlled by members of the scheme.
Investigators found that the network defrauded one victim in Iowa of $1.68 million, while another victim in Ohio lost more than $720,000.
The court also ordered Odimegwu to pay approximately $366,600 in restitution, while Mogaji was ordered to pay about $995,700.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with assistance from the US Air Force Office of Special Investigations.
The sentences followed the investigation into the international fraud network and the defendants’ roles in schemes designed to unlawfully redirect payments from targeted organisations.
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