Convicted BEC scammer could face over 100 years in prison

A US court has found a Nigerian national guilty of charges related to a US $1.5
million business email compromise (BEC) scam and could face the rest of his life
in prison as a consequence.

35-year-old Ebuka Raphael Umeti was convicted last week
[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/foreign-national-convicted-participation-business-email-compromise-scheme]
by a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, for operating a scheme that preyed
upon victims in the United States and elsewhere.

According to evide