Justice Dept.: Foreign National Convicted for Participation in Business Email Compromise Scheme
June 14, 2024
June 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 13, 2024:
A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, convicted a Nigerian national today for operating a business email compromise scheme targeting victims in the United States and elsewhere.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ebuka Raphael Umeti, 35, and his co-conspirators sent victim businesses phishing emails, which were made to appear as though th . . .
A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, convicted a Nigerian national today for operating a business email compromise scheme targeting victims in the United States and elsewhere.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ebuka Raphael Umeti, 35, and his co-conspirators sent victim businesses phishing emails, which were made to appear as though th . . .