A
Nigerian born sophisticated con artist, Tobechi Onwuhara, who
fled Florida in August 2008 amid an intense FBI investigation,
has been caught in Sydney, Australia and sent back to the U.S. to face a string
of fraud charges.
He
was on the FBI’s most wanted list for several years for his alleged involvement
in an elaborate scheme that defrauded the financial industry out of tens of
millions of dollars.
According
to a report published by CNN in 2011 while he was on the run, he was a criminal
genius:
In
America he became one of the world’s most successful cyberscammers, a criminal
genius who used his talents to filet a poorly regulated banking and credit
system. In less than three years Onwuhara stole a confirmed $44 million,
according to the FBI, which believes the total may be anywhere from $80 million
to $100 million. All he needed was an Internet connection and a cellphone.
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