Small business ideas and online review site | Review Net Gato ReviewNetGato is an online review site that deals with small business ideas, start up, latest tech gadgets, online review management and product review around the world 
A Nigerian national by name Olumide Ogunremi who reside in Newark in New Jersey has been arraigned for helping run a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that fetched about $1 million in office products after stealing personal information from U.S. government workers, federal officials said.
The accused also known as Tony Williams,” faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of a single count of wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said in a statement.
Ogunremi and his accomplice con employees of the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Department of Commerce into disclosing their their usernames and passwords by creating fake websites and sending phony emails that mimic legitimate government sites and email addresses, authorities said.
They then used the stolen data to place fraudulent orders for office products mainly printer toner cartridges – from vendors authorized to do business with government agencies.
Ogunremi and his partners had their orders delivered to associates in New Jersey where the goods would be repackaged and shipped to Nigeria to be re-sold on the black market.
The scam operated for about six months in 2013.
Ogunremi, who fled to Canada, was extradited to the United States on Sept. 26 and charged two days later. He is being held in New Jersey without bail.
Also Read: The 3 Key Startup Launch Stages That Most Entrepreneurs Miss Out
One of Ogunremi’s co-conspirator’s, Abiodun Adejohn, previously pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy, and was sentenced to three years in prison in May 2015.
Ihezie Christopher
I am a tech enthusiasts with a zeal and passion to develop life globally through technology
Latest posts by Ihezie Christopher (see all)
- Twitter: Our Policy Does Not Give Free Rein to Political Figures. - October 17, 2019
- Google Set To Launch Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL on 15th Oct. 2019 - October 16, 2019
- A Nigerian Developer Won $10k Prize on a Startup Innovation Competition - October 13, 2019
Nigerians have always been this bad. This dude must pay for this.
Not all Nigerians, Some corrupt Nigerians are tarnishing the image of other hardworking people in the country..