CHICAGO — A Nigerian national appeared in federal court in Chicago Friday accused of orchestrating an international cyber fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say defrauded U.S. businesses in six states out of tens of millions of dollars. He appeared in court Friday morning to face a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. It was unclear whether Ponle, who prosecutors say was also known as “Mr. Prosecutors say the scheme spanned at least the first nine months of 2019 and involved multiple unknown subjects who gained unauthorized access to U.S.-based companies' email accounts. They sent email messages to employees that were nearly identical to prior legitimate emails sent over the company's accounts, according to a criminal complaint.

Source: International New York Times July 03, 2020 18:45 UTC