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Indiana Man Faces Jail Over Role In $5.6m Nigerian Email Fraud

By Hugh Fort in Crime and Fraud, posted March 8, 2024

An Indiana man faces 20 years in jail over his role in a $5.6 million email scam originating in Nigeria.

Court documents show that between 2015 and 2018 Tochukwu Nwosisi, 52, of Indianapolis, participated in an advance-fee scheme involving fraudulent offers of investment funding and inheritances to victims around the world.

Nwosisi served as a money launderer who accepted victim funds into his U.S. bank accounts and directed the proceeds to the fraud ringleaders in Nigeria.

Nwosisi was convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering and concealment money laundering.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 13 and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each count.

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A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani for the Southern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Williams Jr. of the FBI Houston Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Hileman of the Department of State Office of Inspector General (DOS-OIG) made the announcement.

The FBI and DOS-OIG investigated the case.

Trial Attorney Philip Trout of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Christian Latham for the Southern District of Texas are prosecuting the case.

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