Indictment v — United States v. Nwafor (Dkt. 3, E.D. Va.)

Summary

A sealed indictment against Obinna Nwafor, Case 4:23-cr-00021-RCY-LRL, filed March 13, 2023 as Document 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Newport News Division. Count 1 charges conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, Counts 2 and 3 charge wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2, and Count 4 charges mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2. The indictment alleges that beginning in or about at least June 2020 and continuing through in or about November 2020 conspirators used stolen identities to obtain Economic Injury Disaster Loans for fictitious businesses, and that EIDL proceeds of $149,900 were deposited on August 6, 2020 and July 14, 2020 into HSBC and Citibank accounts associated with Nwafor. It alleges funds then moved to a joint Bank of America account of Nwafor and to a Nigerian entity in which Nwafor has an interest.

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