Alleged Nigerian Ringleader of International Investment Scam Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering and Identity Theft

Alleged Nigerian Ringleader of International Investment Scam Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering and Identity Theft

A Nigerian national was charged in court documents unsealed today for his role as the alleged ringleader of an international advance-fee scheme

Proceeds of the scheme were allegedly laundered through U.S. bank accounts and diverted back to the scheme’s perpetrators in Nigeria..

Osondu Victor Igwilo, 49, of Lagos, Nigeria, was charged in a complaint filed in the Southern District of Texas in December 2016 and unsealed today.

OPA | Department of Justice

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alleged-nigerian-ringleader-international-investment-scam-charged-fraud-money-laundering-and