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Nigerian National Receives 51-Month Prison Sentence In U.S. For Romance Scam, Fraud, Money Laundering
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A Nigerian national, Uchenna Christian Nlemchi, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $524,000 in restitution and a money judgment of $868,295 for his involvement in a combination romance scam and business email compromise scheme.
Nlemchi was extradited from Hungary to the United States of America last year.
In a statement released on Thursday, June 6, 2024, U.S. Attorney Alexander M.M. Uballez and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced the sentencing.
According to court documents, the scam commenced in July 2015 when a co-conspirator engaged in a romance scam with a 56-year-old widow in New Mexico under the alias “Sean Bartlett.”
The victim was led to believe that “Sean Bartlett” was an engineer involved in lucrative oil contracts and was promised marriage. She was instructed to send money for supposed business expenses.
On September 13, 2015, Uchenna Nlemchi opened a personal bank account at Amegy Bank in his own name. Sixteen days later, he established a fraudulent business bank account at the same bank under the fictitious name “Jay Auto & Machine Parts,” listing himself as the sole proprietor.
Following the co-conspirator’s directives over the subsequent months, the victim transferred over $375,000 into accounts controlled by Nlemchi from her retirement savings and a home equity loan.
This included wiring $45,000 on October 7th to another person’s account before sending $35,000 directly to the “Jay Auto & Machine Parts” account on October 9th, the same day another individual wired $44,000 into that account.
On October 22nd, the victim transferred $125,346 from her and her late husband’s IRA accounts into Nlemchi’s “Jay Auto & Machine Parts” bank account. Then, on December 7th, she obtained a $170,000 home equity loan and immediately transferred the full amount to that account.
In a separate incident in late 2015, a German citizen attempting to purchase a Miami condo fell victim to fraudulent wire instructions after a hacker breached her attorney’s email.
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