Two former U.S. Air Force members are sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal prison for roles in a multi-year business email compromise (BEC) and phishing scheme targeting U.S. businesses. Public records and evidence presented at sentencing describe attacks aimed at stealing employee email credentials, including usernames and passwords, using spam and phishing emails.
The defendants identified in court materials are Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu, 25, and Harafat Mogaji, 26, both from Delaware. Reporting from both outlets says the scheme involved nearly two years of sending malicious emails to businesses across the United States. Each account also notes that they acted with co-conspirators, though details of every participant are not described in the available summaries.
While both sources focus on the length of the prison terms and the BEC/phishing nature of the activity, their coverage provides limited additional case specifics beyond the credential-theft objective and the defendants’ former military service. The consistent picture across outlets is that federal courts treat the conduct as a coordinated fraud effort against business email systems, leading to lengthy incarceration.
