Nigeria: Four Nigerians, 11 Others Charged With $18 Million Cyber Fraud in U.S.

12 December 2019

Four months after the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) charged 77 Nigerians with conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to launder money, and aggravated identity theft, at least another four Nigerians were among 15 defendants charged on Tuesday for an alleged $18 million cyber and bank fraud at the Manhattan Federal Court, New York.

A statement by the DoJ on announcing the unsealing of the criminal complaint against the defendants disclosed that four of the 15 accused were apprehended in the District of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday while one was already in state custody. Ten are still at large.

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