Prosecutors say Uche Diuno, 57, of Nigeria was the ringleader behind investment scams, posing as U.S. bank officials in person and online along the world going to great lengths to target victims out of millions of dollars.
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Uche Victor Diuno, 57, of Nigeria arrived in the U.S. on Friday after getting extradited from France but appeared in a Houston court Monday at 2 p.m. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas and the FBI - Houston, charges allege Diuno helped orchestrate a scam involving false promises of investment funding by posing as U.S. bank officials in person and online around the world.
Those victims were reportedly told to make certain payments before receiving funding. Those proceeds were then laundered through American bank accounts before being diverted back to the scheme's perpetrators in Nigeria. Charges also claim Diuna lead a criminal network of "catchers," who sent phishing emails to potential victims offering funding on behalf of other corporations and banks.
Diuno was initially charged in a second indictment from October 2018 for one count of wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering as well as concealment money laundering. The current charges name the 57-year-old as "chairman" or the leader in the scheme, with five other individuals charged under the indictment.
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