- According to bank fraud conspiracy charge, Akinlade will face up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. For the aggravated identity theft charge carries, ‘Shadow Walker’ will have to be in a U.S. prison for “a mandatory sentence of two years in prison.” The jail term will run “consecutive to any other term of imprisonment imposed by the court.”
A Nigerian identified as Olusegun Akinlade, popularly known as ‘Shadow Walker’, has been indicted by the United States’ Department of Justice for credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft conspiracy.
The U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito in a court document revealed that from “in or about October 2015” through “in or about January 2018,” in Essex County, in the District of New Jersey, “and elsewhere,” the Akinlade “did knowingly and intentionally conspire and agree with others.”
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The conspiracy was to execute a scheme and “artifice” to defraud financial institutions.
According to bank fraud conspiracy charge, Akinlade will face up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. For the aggravated identity theft charge carries, ‘Shadow Walker’ will have to be in a U.S. prison for “a mandatory sentence of two years in prison.” The jail term will run “consecutive to any other term of imprisonment imposed by the court.”
‘Shadow Walker’ who is a Dubai base and is still on the run, and his conspirators allegedly purchased “the victim account holders’ personal identifying information” from hackers located outside of the United States. Later, they used the stolen information when contacting “victim banks” to carry out the account takeovers or open new accounts.
In 2018, Henry Abdul, a conspirator alongside Akinlade, had pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme, where he and others used credit card accounts of victims in a scheme called a “credit card takeover.”
In a fraud as this, fraudsters call the bank and pose as the account owner to change the personal information associated with the account to information familiar to the unauthorised user. This includes the residence, email address, or telephone number associated with the account.
Once this is done, the fraudsters then go on shopping sprees or transfer money to other accounts, or sell the account information to third parties.
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