The long arm of law has finally caught up with an internet fraudster in the US who defrauded Texas firms millions of dollars.
Amechi Colvis Amuegbunam
A Nigerian in the United States on a student visa was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison on Wednesday in a sophisticated fraud scheme that cost banks and other businesses millions of dollars, Star Telegram reported.
The Nigerian man identified as Amechi Colvis Amuegbunam, 30, of Lagos, Nigeria, pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He has been in custody since his arrest in Baltimore in August 2015.
The scheme Amuegbunam was part of had at least 10 victims and resulted in losses of about $3.7 million, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office in Dallas. Amuegbunam has also been ordered to pay $615,555 in restitution.
From November 2013 through August 2015, Amuegbunam and others sent fraudulent emails to companies in North Texas and elsewhere including Luminant, Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase. The emails were designed to look like a forwarded message, supposedly from a top executive at the company, sent to an employee in the firm’s accounting department who had authority to make financial transfers, the news release said.
A Nigerian in the United States on a student visa was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison on Wednesday in a sophisticated fraud scheme that cost banks and other businesses millions of dollars.
Amechi Colvis Amuegbunam, 30, of Lagos, Nigeria, pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He has been in custody since his arrest in Baltimore in August 2015.
The scheme Amuegbunam was part of had at least 10 victims and resulted in losses of about $3.7 million, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office in Dallas. Amuegbunam has also been ordered to pay $615,555 in restitution.
From November 2013 through August 2015, Amuegbunam and others sent fraudulent emails to companies in North Texas and elsewhere including Luminant, Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase. The emails were designed to look like a forwarded message, supposedly from a top executive at the company, sent to an employee in the firm’s accounting department who had authority to make financial transfers, the news release said.