BEC Scammers Adventures on the Run

BEC Scammers Adventures on the Run

 Last week the case of Valentine FOMBE was finally brought to a close. FOMBE was sentenced to 144 months in Federal prison and ordered to pay $325,856 in restitution to victims of ...
Maryland Busts $9.5 Million #BEC Money Laundering Ring

Maryland Busts $9.5 Million #BEC Money Laundering Ring

| | AML, bec, money laundering, nigeria
 Three indictments have been unsealed in Maryland that document an extensive network of shell companies that were used to wash at least $9.5 Million in funds from at least fifteen #BEC (Business ...

Classic Baggie: Part Three – the Romance Scam Victims

 If you are just joining us, we are reviewing the court transcripts of a Business Email Compromise / Romance Scam Money Laundering case.  Part One reveals "Classic Baggie: A Delaware BEC Case ...
Chidozie Collins Obasi - COVID Fraud & Work at Home Scams

Chidozie Collins Obasi – COVID Fraud & Work at Home Scams

| | bec, COVID Fraud, COVID-19, nigeria
On September 9, 2022, the FBI's Philadelphia office asked for help locating Chidozie Collins Obasi.  OBASI is charged with being part of a conspiracy to steal more than $30 Million related to ...
Nigerian Money Transfer Company Linked to Romance Scam Money Laundering

Nigerian Money Transfer Company Linked to Romance Scam Money Laundering

On July 7, 2022, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced that Ping Express had been found guilty. Prior to this, their CEO Anslem Oshionebo*, their COO Opeyemi Odeyale ...
Hushpuppi Pleads Guilty: Sentence Estimate? 11-14 Years

Hushpuppi Pleads Guilty: Sentence Estimate? 11-14 Years

On July 27, 2021, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, decided that his best plan would be to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison was to plead guilty.  ...
Operation Skein: The Irish Garda Target Nigerian BEC Criminals

Operation Skein: The Irish Garda Target Nigerian BEC Criminals

It seems nearly every week that the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (the GNECB) announces a new arrest in Operation SKEIN.  In a newly released featured interview, Ireland's "The Journal" had Detective ...
Major Nigerian Phishing and BEC Actors, SSGToolz and CeeCeeBossTMT, Arrested by Nigerian Police and Interpol

Major Nigerian Phishing and BEC Actors, SSGToolz and CeeCeeBossTMT, Arrested by Nigerian Police and Interpol

| | bec, EFCC, nigeria
 An Interpol headline on November 25, 2020 announces "Three arrested as INTERPOL, Group-IB and the Nigeria Police Force disrupt prolific cybercrime group" however the article does not name the suspects.  The Interpol ...
Massive BEC Scheme Run by Nigerian National Dismantled by FBI

Massive BEC Scheme Run by Nigerian National Dismantled by FBI

A Nigerian national faces charges in the United States emanating from various cybercrime schemes that included business email compromise (BEC) frauds and a number of other alleged infractions. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, 37, ...
Stories of Romance Scam Victims: Ronayerin Ogolor

Stories of Romance Scam Victims: Ronayerin Ogolor

| | bec, nigeria, romance scams
Ronayerin Ogolor has pled guilty to causing $900,000 in losses to at least 13 Romance Scam victims. Ogolor, a 50 year old naturalized citizen from Nigeria, lived in Kansas City, Missouri when ...