$6m Internet scam: Suspect on FBI watch list turns self in [PHOTO]

One Felix Osilama Okpoh, an alleged fraudster on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for his involvement in a $6 million Internet fraud has turned himself in for investigation.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made this known on Tuesday, saying it has since commenced investigations into the matter.

Recall that Okpoh alongside Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson were declared wanted by the FBI sometime in 2019.

They were declared wanted for their alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded over 70 businesses in the United States of over $6,000,000.

Okpoh, the suspect that turned himself in, allegedly provided over forty bank accounts to his conspirators, which were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers from their victims totalling over $1,000,000.

He was on August 21, 2019 indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

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$6m Internet Scam: Suspect on FBI List Turns Himself In . . The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation of one Felix Osilama Okpoh, an alleged fraudster on the watchlist of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI, for his involvement in a $6m internet fraud. . . Okpoh, alongside Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh, Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin, Abiola Ayorinde Kayode and Nnamdi Orson Benson, had been declared wanted by the FBI sometime in 2019 for their alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise, BEC, scheme that defrauded over 70 businesses in the United States, of over $6,000,000 USD. . . The suspect allegedly provided over forty bank accounts to his conspirators, which were used to receive fraudulent wire transfers from their victims totaling over $1,000, 000USD. . . He was, on August 21, 2019, indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nebraska, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. For details of this and other stories, visit our website at www.efccnigeria.org . . #InternetFraudster #YahooBoy #YahooYahoo #Scam #Fraud #Corruption #FBI #EFCC #TheFightAgainstCorruption #FightingForYou
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