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Three Nigerians, Nnamdi Benson, Richard Uzuh, and Felix Okpoh, have been placed on the United States Federal Bureau of Intelligence\u2019s Most-Wanted list for their alleged involvement in a $6m Business Email Compromise scheme.<\/div>\n
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\nPointblanknews.com gathered on Wednesday from notices published on the FBI website that the trio were part of a syndicate that allegedly defrauded over 70 businesses in the US.<\/p>\n

The notice stressed Benson\u2019s role in the scheme, indicating that he allegedly provided bank accounts to receive proceeds from the fraudulent transactions.<\/p>\n

It noted that Benson was also suspected to be involved in romance and advance fee fraud scam and was indicted by a US court in August 2019.<\/p>\n

The notice read, \u201cNnamdi Orson Benson is wanted for his alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise scheme that defrauded over 70 different businesses in the United States resulting in combined losses of over $6,000,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenson allegedly provided bank accounts to Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh that were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers. Benson also allegedly conducted romance fraud and advanced fee fraud schemes himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn August 21, 2019, Benson, along with Felix Osilama Okpoh, and Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, was indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. On August 22, 2019, a federal warrant was issued for his arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another notice stating the details of Okpoh\u2019s alleged offence noted that he also provided numerous bank accounts to Uzuh to receive proceeds of the scam totalling about $1m.<\/p>\n

It read, \u201cOkpoh allegedly provided hundreds of bank accounts to Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh and other co-conspirators, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson, that were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBank accounts that Okpoh allegedly provided to Uzuh received fraudulent wire transfers from victim businesses totalling over $1,000,000. On August 21, 2019, Okpoh was indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. On August 22, 2019, a federal warrant was issued for his arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uzuh, on his part, was alleged to have been responsible for sending emails to several businesses in the US alongside other members of the syndicate to request fraudulent wire transfers.<\/p>\n

The notice further indicated that a US court indicted Uzuh and issued an arrest warrant on him in October 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cUzuh and his co-conspirators, Felix Osilama Okpoh, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode, and Nnamdi Orson Benson, allegedly sent spoofed emails to thousands of businesses in the United States requesting fraudulent wire transfers.<\/p>\n

\u201cUzuh allegedly worked with money launderers, romance scammers, and others involved in BEC schemes to launder the proceeds of their crimes through a complex network of witting and unwitting people in the United States and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn October 18, 2016, Uzuh was indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, on charges of Wire Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. On October 19, 2016, a federal warrant was issued for his arrest,\u201d another notice read.<\/p>\n

Recall that a member of the syndicate, Abiola Kayode, who had been on the FBI\u2019s Most Wanted Cyber Criminal List, was extradited from Ghana to Nebraska, United States this month.<\/p>\n

The extradition followed a conspiracy to commit wire fraud indictment filed against him in August 2019.<\/p>\n

A statement from the United States Attorney\u2019s Office, District of Nebraska on December 13 noted that Kayode was arrested in April 2023 by the Ghanaian authorities.<\/p>\n

After a formal U.S. request for extradition, he was handed over to FBI special agents who brought him to Nebraska.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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