US charges three men with six million dollar business email compromise plot
Three Nigerian nationals face charges in a US federal court related to a business email compromise (BEC) scam that is said to have stolen more than US $6 million from victims. 29-year-old Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo was extradited from Canada to the United States earlier this month, according to a Department of Justice press release, and will appear before a federal court on Friday. Two of Simon-Ebo’s alleged conspirators, James Junior Aliyu, 28, and 31-year-old Henry Onyedikachi Echefu. Aliyu, who is also known as “Old Soldier” or “Ghost”, and Echefu were arrested in South Africa, from where the…
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Source:TripWire – Graham Cluley