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Nigerian fraudster, \u00a0Obinwanne Okeke aka Invictus Obi, has been jailed for 10 years by a US federal court for masterminding an $11 million cyber fraud on a British company.<\/div>\n
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The court heard that “through subterfuge and impersonation, Obinwanne Okeke, engaged in a multi-year global business email and computer hacking scheme that caused a staggering $11 million in losses to his victims,” Raj Parekh, Acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia,\u00a0said in a statement<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday after the sentencing.<\/p>\n

British company Unatrac Holding Limited — the export sales office for industrial machinery company Caterpillar — were the victims of an online heist perpetrated by Okeke and his team, who had obtained their login details through phishing emails, the justice department said.<\/p>\n

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“In April 2018, a Unatrac executive fell prey to a phishing email that allowed conspirators to capture login credentials,” according to the statement.<\/p>\n

“The conspirators sent fraudulent wire transfer requests and attached fake invoices. Okeke participated in the effort to victimize Unatrac through fraudulent wire transfers totaling nearly $11 million, which was transferred overseas,” the statement added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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