An alleged Nigerian fraudster has been declared wanted by America's Federal bureau of investigation for engaging in email scam.
Nigerian Kelechi Declan James declared wanted for email scam
America’s federal bureau of investigation (FBI) has declared a
Nigerian Kelechi Declan James wanted for emails scam. Here is the
statement by the FBI New York office: "James
is Wanted on Federal Criminal Charges Relating to a Fraudulent E-Mail
Scheme That Resulted in Victim Losses of More Than $5 Million
FBI agents are looking for the public’s assistance in locating
Kelechi Declan James. He has federal criminal charges against him from
an investigation by FBI New York’s Cyber Crime Task Force. James is
known to frequent the Brooklyn neighborhoods of East New York (Crescent
Street and Loring Avenue; Vermont Street between Blake Avenue and Dumont
Avenue), Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant (MacDougal and Hull Streets),
Crown Heights (Park Place and Utica Avenue), Flatbush (E 29th and Avenue
D), and East Flatbush (East 51st and Winthrop Street). The FBI is
offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest.
James is 32 years old, 6'0" tall, and approximately 175 pounds.
He is a Nigerian national, has brown eyes and black hair, and may have a
beard. Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of James is urged
to contact law enforcement immediately. The FBI can be reached 24 hours a
day at (212) 384-1000. He is not considered to be violent in nature.
As alleged in a complaint sworn out of the U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of New York, James, along with four other
co-conspirators, ran a business e-mail compromise scheme that resulted
victim losses of more than $5 million for their victims.
As part of scheme, James and his co-conspirators defrauded
victims across the U.S. by tricking them into wiring money to bank
accounts the victims believed were owned by family members, friends, or
business associates. They did this in two ways: by overtaking an e-mail
account of an individual trusted by the victim and then requesting money
be wired to a bank account; or by developing a relationship of trust
with victim like an Internet romance and then asking the victim to wire
money. As soon as the money was wired, it would be moved from one
account to another, and the funds would be withdrawn. James’s role in
this scheme was to withdraw the money from bank accounts."
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