Popular Forbes Listed Nigerian Fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke Restricted From Jobs That Grant Access To Money, Bank Accounts

Obinwanne Okeke aka Invictus Obi, a convicted Nigerian fraudster who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment has been restricted from taking up jobs that will grant him access to cash or bank accounts.

Upon completing his 10-year jail term in the U.S, the Nigerian entrepreneur who featured on a Forbes cover is also barred from holding posts involving investments.

In addition to presenting himself before a duly-authorised immigration official of the Department of Homeland Security Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement “for deportation review” and restituting $10.7million proceeds of the crime, Justice Rebecca Smith also ordered that if Okeke is not deported, he is “prohibited from engaging in any employment where he has access to money or bank accounts and shall not be employed in any capacity involving investment.”

Other “special conditions” for his supervised release include losing the right to privacy concerning his financial life and “providing the probation officer access to any requested financial information.”

Smith Said;

“If not deported, the defendant shall participate in the Treasury Offset Programme (TOP) as directed by the probation officer.”

Premium Times also reported that the Judge also ordered that if Okeke remains in the U.S. after his jail term, he must “not incur new credit charges or open additional lines of credit without the approval of the probation officer.”

On the restitution order, the convicted fraudster is expected to “apply monies received from income tax refunds, lottery winnings, inheritances, judgment, and any anticipated or unexpected financial gains to the outstanding court-ordered financial obligation, or in a lesser amount to be determined by the court upon the recommendation of the probation officer.”

He was also directed to pay for the support of his minor child, a baby girl born in the U.S. about a month before his arrest. The amount to be paid for his minor’s support would be as ordered by any social service agency or court of competent jurisdiction.

From Forbes To Jail: The Journey Of Obinwanne Okeke, Nigerian International Fraudster To Prison

A Nigerian businessman and an international fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke has been sentenced to jail.

Okeke who is popularly known as Invictus Obi was finally sentenced Tuesday for a multi-million dollar fraud in the United States about eighteen months after his arrest.

Invictus Obi, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims.

“Through subterfuge and impersonation, Obinwanne Okeke, engaged in a multi-year global business email and computer hacking scheme that caused a staggering $11 million in losses to his victims.

“Today’s sentence further demonstrates EDVA’s and FBI’s worldwide reach in vigorously pursuing justice on behalf of American victims and others and holding international cybercriminals accountable, no matter where they commit their crimes,” said Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday morning.

According to court documents, Mr Okeke, 33, operated a group of companies known as the Invictus Group based in Nigeria and some other African countries.

From approximately 2015 to 2019, Mr Okeke and others engaged in a conspiracy to conduct various computer-based frauds, prosecutors said.

Before his arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in August 2019, Mr Okeke, was listed as one of the influential young entrepreneurs recognised by Forbes.

Scooper News gathered that he was a regular contributor to Forbes Africa magazine where he shared his thoughts on entrepreneurship and investment in Africa.

In this article obtained by Scooper News, below is some of the dealings of Invictus Obi from the time he was nabbed by the FBI till the time he got sentenced to 10 years.

August 2, 2019: An arrest warrant was issued following a criminal complaint and affidavit filed against Obinwanne Okeke at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division.