Convicted fraudster, Obinwanne Okeke, better known as Invictus Obi, has revealed how he ventured into online fraud.
Obi who was once decorated as an entrepreneur by Forbes in 2016 is currently serving a 10-year sentence in a United States prison for an $11m cyber fraud on a British company.
Yahoo News quoted Obi as saying that he was introduced to online fraud by a friend.
He said, “I was doing a little here and there, but the level changed through this one particular friend I used to look up to.
“I visited him one day and he was living very comfortably with three new cars and a huge house at a young age. When at his house, I noticed him on a website www.vionz.to that was selling crypto and bank logins.
“I asked him about the website and he showed me that he buys bank and crypto logins from there and easily withdraws above $20,000 at a time; that’s how he was funding his lifestyle. In 15 minutes, he demonstrated it to me and from there, I tried it myself when I got home.
“After successfully doing my first transfer so easily, it was hard to stop after that. From there, I got introduced to other money-making schemes that got me where I am today,” Obi stated.
Reacting to comparison with self-professed fraudster, Ramon Abass, aka Hushpuppi, who is facing criminal charges for conspiracy to launder money obtained from business email compromise frauds and other scams, Obi said he’s not on the same level with Hushpuppi.
The disgraced entrepreneur who was convicted in February 2021 reveled that he missed his family and his business.
