“Americans are too often victimised by criminal organisations located abroad that use the internet to deceive those victims, defraud them of money and many times, persuade their victims to wittingly or unwittingly assist in perpetuating the fraudulent schemes,” said acting US Attorney Rachael Honig.Īssistant director at the Secret Service Office of Investigations, Jeremy Sheridan, warned fraudsters against victimising US citizens and threatening the country’s financial infrastructure. Sometimes, when victims expressed hesitation in sending money, the conspirators used manipulative tactics to coerce the payments, including threatening to distribute personally sensitive photographs of the victim.
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Many of these fraudulent narratives involved claims that the individual was travelling to South Africa for work and needed money or other items of value following a series of unfortunate and unforeseen events, often involving a construction site or problems with a crane. The conspirators used social media websites, online dating websites and voice over internet protocol phone numbers to find and talk with victims in the United States while using several aliases. Toritseju Gabriel Otubu, 41, went by the names Andy Richards and Ann Petersen.Īll the suspects are originally from Nigeria and face a wide array of charges, including wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges.Musa Mudashiru, 33, who went by the alias Lord Oba Akenzua.Collins Owhofasa Otughwor, 37, also known as Lord Jesse Makoko and Philip Coughlan.
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