Justice Dept.: 2 Foreign Nationals Sentenced for Victimizing U.S. Companies Through Business Email Compromise Scheme
September 04, 2024
September 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024:
A Nigerian national was sentenced today in the Eastern District of Virginia to five years and three months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $5 million in restitution for participating in a computer hacking and business email compromise scheme that caused over $5 million in losses to multiple victims in the United States and elsewhere. Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna, 34, plead . . .
A Nigerian national was sentenced today in the Eastern District of Virginia to five years and three months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $5 million in restitution for participating in a computer hacking and business email compromise scheme that caused over $5 million in losses to multiple victims in the United States and elsewhere. Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna, 34, plead . . .