Tag: Business Email Compromise
Kelvin Owusu Nkwantabisa, Wire Fraud, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brazen transnational crew swiped over $38 million from unsuspecting victims across the US and abroad in a sophisticated email scam. The scheme, which began in August 2022, involved infiltrating email accounts, monitoring financial transactions, and impersonating trusted business partners to redirect payments to shell accounts. Four defendants – Kelvin Owusu…
School Scam
⏱ 2 min read Dickinson Public Schools in North Dakota was the target of a business email compromise scheme, resulting in the loss of $4.8 million. The scam occurred when fraudsters tricked school officials into transferring funds to a Citibank account. The FBI and US Attorney’s Office worked together to seize the funds, with the…
Onwuchekwa Nnanna Kalu, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2023
Nigerian national pleads guilty to $1.25M business email compromise scam impacting U.S. company. Learn about the case and the importance of preventing BEC scams. Sentencing scheduled for Nov 29, 2023.
