Nigerian national Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu has been extradited from France to the U.S. to face charges of hacking, fraud, and identity theft for suspected spearphishing attacks on U.S. tax preparation businesses.

The attackers were designed to steal personal data and file fraudulent tax and loan applications, allowing threat actors to steal over $3 million in total.

Specifically, the Nigerian national allegedly obtained approximately $2,500,000 from fraudulent tax refunds (out of $8.4 million attempted), and another $819,000 from fraudulent SBA loan applications.

The DOJ says Amachukwu was running a separate scam involving fake investment opportunities.

"Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu took part in a scheme to hack into U.S. tax businesses, trade in the stolen identifying information

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