Two men, Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu and Harafat Mogaji, were sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal prison for running BEC and phishing campaigns against US businesses while serving in the Air Force. Their scheme stole credentials and financial data, diverted large wire transfers, and involved victims in Iowa, Ohio, and a nonprofit in Pella, Iowa. #ChijiokeTimothyOdimegwu #HarafatMogaji #FBI #IowaCity #Pella #ATandT #Snowflake
Keypoints
- Odimegwu and Mogaji ran phishing and BEC schemes for nearly two years.
- The attackers stole employee email credentials from US businesses.
- They used spoofed emails to redirect victim payments to controlled accounts.
- The scheme diverted more than $1.68 million from an Iowa City victim and over $720,000 from an Ohio victim.
- Both men were sentenced to prison, restitution, and supervised release.
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