OFAC Sanctions 6 Nigerian Nationals for Email Scams
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned six Nigerian nationals who allegedly ran an email scheme to steal more than $6 million from U.S. companies and people, Treasury said June 16. The Nigerian nationals impersonated business executives and “engaged…
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in romance fraud” -- in which they “masqueraded as affectionate partners to gain trust from victims” -- to receive wire transfers, Treasury said. The sanctions target Richard Uzuh, Micheal Olorunyomi, Alex Ogunshakin, Felix Okpoh, Nnamdi Benson and Abiola Kayode.