Richard Uzuh Biography: Nigerian BEC Fugitive on FBI Most Wanted List
Checks by our biographical desk show that Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh was born on April 29, 1986, in Nigeria. He stands about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs roughly 175 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
The plain truth is that this man became a central figure in one of the larger Business Email Compromise rings that hit American companies hard. Between 2015 and 2016, he and his crew allegedly sent spoofed emails that looked like they came from real company bosses. Those emails ordered employees to wire large sums of money to accounts controlled by the group.
Make we look at the facts. More than seventy U.S. businesses lost over six million dollars in total. Uzuh is accused of working with money launderers and romance scammers to move the stolen cash through a web of accounts both inside and outside the United States.
On October 18, 2016, a federal grand jury in the District of Nebraska indicted him on wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A warrant followed the next day.
He is believed to be living in Nigeria and is listed as an international flight risk. As it stands right now, the FBI still carries him on its Cyber’s Most Wanted list.
