{"id":26655,"date":"2023-11-29T09:28:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=26655"},"modified":"2023-11-29T09:28:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:28:16","slug":"british-nigerian-hacker-pleads-guilty-to-6m-fraud-in-us-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/11\/29\/british-nigerian-hacker-pleads-guilty-to-6m-fraud-in-us-court\/","title":{"rendered":"British-Nigerian hacker pleads guilty to $6m fraud in US court"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A British-Nigerian man has confessed in a US court to defrauding and stealing more than $6m (\u00a34.7m) over seven years.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Idris Dayo Mustapha, 33, was part of a hacking ring that infiltrated email and brokerage accounts of US firms between 2011 and 2018, causing losses worth $6m (\u00a34.7m), officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A dual national of the UK and Nigeria, Mustapha was extradited from the UK in August, two years after his arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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His crimes carry a jail term of up to 20 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He has not yet been sentenced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mustapha pleaded guilty plea at a court in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday to four charges: computer intrusion, securities fraud, wire fraud and access device fraud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Authorities say Mustapha and his ring hacked into the computer servers of financial institutions in the US to access confidential user data, such as users’ personal identifying information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They then used the stolen information and passwords to wire funds and transfer securities from the accounts of their victims to accounts under their control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They also used the hacked accounts to conduct stock trades without the knowledge of the account holder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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US authorities had been pursuing Mustapha for several years.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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