WASHINGTON – Three Nigerian citizens were extradited from the United Kingdom (UK) and arrived in the United States in relation to their alleged participation in multimillion-dollar cyber-enabled business email compromise…
Greenbelt, Maryland – Njuh Valentine Fombe, a/k/a “Valentine”, age 36, formerly of Beltsville, Maryland, had an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on August 8, 2022, after being…
Montgomery, Alabama – A Florida man has been arrested for his role in a business email compromise scheme that impacted at least four businesses in…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On July 13, 2022, Iván Santell-Velázquez pled guilty to cyberstalking before United States District Court Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2),…
Dem Governor Fundraises For ‘Pregnant People’ In Pro-Abortion Fundraising Campaign, Email Shows Gabe Kaminsky on June 30, 2022 The Democratic governor of Kansas launched a fundraising campaign in the name…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A federal jury has convicted Pierre Yvelt Almonor, 49, of Miami Gardens, Florida, for his role in a conspiracy to launder illegal proceeds from a business email compromise scheme that defrauded law firms and other companies of more…
PROVIDENCE – Two men who played various roles in an underground financial network in support of international internet and email fraud schemes have been sentenced to federal prison, announced United…
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Thomas E. Cargill, age 56, of Endicott, New York, pled guilty today in federal court in Binghamton to one felony count of failing to register and…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that TERRY FORMER was sentenced this afternoon to 48 months in prison in connection with…
INDIANAPOLIS – Oyedele Aro Benjamin, 27, of Chicago was sentenced to two years in federal prison today for his role in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme. A BEC is…
NEWARK, N.J. – A California man pleaded guilty today to laundering money from fraudulently obtained Small Business Association (SBA) loans and from a law firm that was the victim of…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DEJAN MEDIC pled guilty to participating in a business email compromise scheme that stole…
Richland, Washington – Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced a six-count federal indictment charging Ayoola Taiwo Adeoti a/k/a “Gaji,” age 41, with bank…
OAKLAND COUNTY, MICHIGAN – An Oakland County woman got the surprise of a lifetime when she checked the spam folder in her email account and saw an email that she’d…
Two Nigerian fraudsters arrested in DOJ’s Operation reWired have been sentenced to a combined 22 ½ years in federal prison, announced acting U.S. Attorney Chad E. Meacham. Opeyemi Abidemi Adeoso,…
Chinese state media released an email they claim to be written by missing tennis star Peng Shuai, who has not been seen or heard from in days. Peng, a former…
BOSTON – A Hingham man who was previously convicted of money laundering was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 in connection with a business email compromise (BEC) scheme. Yannick A.…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that a jury returned guilty verdicts yesterday against OLUWASEUN ADELEKAN, a/k/a “Sean Adelekan,” and TEMITOPE OMOTAYO…
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Eric Iwu aka James, 32, a Nigerian citizen currently residing in…