EditorActing Attorney of the United States, Karin Hoppmann, has announced that four Nigerians living in the United States, have been convicted of transnational wire fraud, identity theft, among other allegations.
In a statement issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), Olufemi Odedeyi Ibrahim Davies, Adetunji Adejumo, and Ibrahim Jinadu were involved in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud, theft of public money or property, and aggravated identity theft.
While residing in the United Kingdom, the suspects (Odedeyi and Davies) gained unauthorized access to computer servers of United States businesses and participated in stealing the personally identifying information (PII) of United States residents from those servers.
Odedeyi and Davies then used that information to file with the IRS false and fraudulent U.S. Department of Treasury, seeking income tax refunds.
Also, Adejumo and Jinadu, while residing in the United States, collected the fraudulent refund proceeds, which were directed to prepaid debit cards in their possession or to addresses and bank accounts that they controlled.
The investigation was led by the IRS-CI Tampa Field Office, the Tampa Division of the FBI, the IRS-CI Cyber Crimes Unit (Washington, D.C.), and the cases will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Rachel Jones.
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