US Attorney Beltsville Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Federal Prison for Stealing Over $4.2 Million in a Business E-Mail Compromise Scheme

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Press Release: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Nkeng Amin, a/k/a “Rapone,” a/k/a “Arnold,” age 31, of Beltsville, Maryland, today to 87 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a large-scale business e-mail compromise scheme during which Amin and his co-conspirators obtained over $4.2 million from at least 13 individual and business victims. Judge Grimm also ordered Amin to forfeit and to pay restitution in the amount of $1,021,474.

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We need to do a better job of who we let into this country. I bet not 1 of these people were born in the US.

The following co-conspirators all pleaded guilty to their roles in the scheme.

• Aldrin Fon Fomukong, a/k/a “Albanky,” a/k/a “A.L.,” age 24, of Greenbelt, Maryland;
• Carlson Cho, a/k/a “Uncle Tiga2,” age 23, of Braintree, Massachusetts;
• Izou Ere Digifa, a/k/a “Lzuo Digifa,” a/k/a “Mimi VA,” age 22, of Lynchburg, Virginia;
• Yanick Eyong, age 26, of Bowie, Maryland; and
• Ishmail Ganda, a/k/a “Banker TD,” age 31, of College Park, Maryland.