Sam's News — email-security — 2026-10-01

Email Security

5 Two former US Air Force members sentenced to 189 months for million-dollar BEC and phishing scheme

Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu and Harafat Mogaji, both former US Air Force members, have been sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal prison for running business email compromise and phishing campaigns that stole over $2.4 million from US businesses. The pair sent phishing emails to harvest credentials, then used spoofed addresses to redirect wire transfers to accounts they controlled.

• Odimegwu sentenced to 111 months; Mogaji to 78 months in prison
• Diverted over $1.68 million from Iowa City victim and $720,000 from Ohio victim
• Harvested financial account numbers, PINs, and credit card data from victims including a nonprofit in Pella, Iowa
• Both were active duty Air Force members during the nearly two-year campaign

Sources: Help Net Security AI Web Searched