This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (USAO - West Virginia, Northern), published as received.
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Chisom Okonkwo, age 29, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced today to 7 months in prison for wire fraud.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Okonkwo and another defendant created an email address that spoofed that of an employee at a Gilmer County business, causing a vendor to send more than $1 million to a bank account controlled by the defendants. Okonkwo and the co-defendant expended more than $600,000 of the stolen funds before the scheme was discovered.
Okonkwo was ordered to pay $610,146.03 in restitution.
The second defendant, Prince Boateng Adjei, 31, also of Lawrenceville, Georgia, will be sentenced at a later date.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jarod Douglas prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
The United States Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General investigated the case.
Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.
