This is a story of a man popularly known as Invictus obi
Whose real name is obinwanne Okeke
This story take us back to Nigeria,
Invictus whose real name is obinwanne Okeke is a Nigerian entrepreneur and business man born on November 9,1987 in a small village called ukpor,Nnewi south local government area of Anambra State, Nigeria
He is the 17th child of polygamous father,who claimed that he was inspired by the desire to lift his mother,who was the fourth wife of his father,from extreme poverty
Invictus started his primary education at his village , where his mother is a teacher in that school, reaching at the age of 10 years,his mother changed him from the old school to a Borden school where he finished his primary and secondary education
Invictus believes that one day , he will change the story of his family ,.....
At the age of 17 years, after his father passed away Invictus started an IT company that printed bussinss card and create a website on his own , Invictus use his Frist earned money to got a bicycle,which is the finest bicycle in his village as of then
Invictus developed interest in criminology, real estate investment,web designing
Invictus open a small business named Invictus group (a conglomerate with supposed interest in oil and gas , agriculture,real estate and many more )which operate in various countries like , Nigeria,south African and Zambia
Which he have started making money from ,until in 2016 at the age of 28 years, Invictus was featured in Forbes Africa most promising Young entrepreneurs due to the help he render to people and community,he was also a contributor to the magazine.
All through 2016-2018 Invictus received multiple awards for his company (Invictus group)and was also featured speaker in an event like the Forbes under 30 summit .
Invictus still keep further cultivated his image by running the Invictus foundation,a charity work that provides scholarships, building of school to rulers areas , investing in agriculture In some African countries knowing fully well that his company have been recognised , through his inspiration entrepreneur because he was also a regular contributor to Forbes African magazine Where he shared his thoughts on entrepreneurship and investment in African
Still yet Invictus still need more money,so he gain interest in email hacking ,
In 2019 Invictus decide to go hard 😯 something happened
Okeke who's name is also Invictus was and his conspirators used hacking and impersonation to steal mullions of dollars from victims around the world 🌍
And it works like this , Invictus create a fake Gmail account (multiple)involves bussinss owners around the world,A primary scheme involved a business e-mail compromise (BEC) attacks against unatrac holding limited,the export sale's of office for heavy industrials and farm equipment,like gaint caterpillar
Than Invictus go harder,in April 2018 Okeke group get access to the email account of unatrac CFO ,they than send fraudulent wire transfer request,with a fake invoice to the company financial team,to evade detection,the conspirators created email rule to intercept response from the financial team and prevent the CFO from seeing the fraudulent request,it only toke him 5 days to complete all this , which the fraudulent wire transfer related to the unatrac Scheme totaled nearly $11 million.👍
Which went successful 💪
Invictus whose real name is obinwanne Okeke started leaving a luxurious lifestyle ,,he bought some expensive cars like Mercedes Benz ,And some exotic cars , making it 4 cars at his garage,
Purchasing some expensive Watches and jewelries , acquiring houses and real estate in Nigeria and aboard
He also start maintaining a flashy lifestyle,parties, travel and showing off wealth on social media
he also invested in some business to appear like a genuine like a Young billionaire entrepreneurs
Basically,he mixed the Storen money between lavish spending and bussinss investment to keep up his Invictus brand image
Yet all this while the unatrac have not yet discovered the lost
down to 2018 unatrac noticed a huge amount is out from the company account,the case was reported.
The FBI began investigating after unatrac filed a complaint in June 2018 ,
the FBI cyber team traced the phishing emails and IP address back to the account linked with obinwanne Okeke
---they discovered he had registered e-mail addresses and domains used to trick's victims
---the FBI obtained a search warrant and check his Microsoft Outlook and Gmail account.
They found hundreds of emails exchanges showing him and his gang discussion how to Carry out the fraud, create fake invoices and move Money
than the FBI followed the bank transaction and saw fund's moving into account connected to him and his associates
they worked with Interpol Nigeria authorities,and other partner to confirm his identity and activities
The investigation last for 1 year,in 2019 got the information and started looking for Invictu, on till August 6th 2019 , Invictus was arrested at Dulles international airport in Virginia at US , where he was about to leave the country,and he was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fruad and computer fruad
Invictus initially pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty,in June 2020, likely in exchange for the lighters sentence
In February 2021 , Okeke was sentenced to 10 years in U.S federal prison and the court also ordered him to pay the back the stollen $10.7million , Nigerian federal court ordered the forfeited of ₦280 million from his bank account to the Nigerian government.
Which is approximately $184 thousands
According to the ,U.S authority, Okeke who's name is also Invictus is scheduled to be released from prison in 2038 after serving for 10 years,while his lawyers are still going for the case .,,his bussinss is been closed down , offices till further notice
investment and wealth ___
obi owns a property Worth's ₦280 millions include house and Firms ,all this property have been seized by the Nigeria government, the economic and financial crimes commission which is popular know as (EFCC )