Maxwell Atugba Abayeta, 27, faces numerous federal charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. The most serious criminal charge that Peter faces is money laundering, which carries a possible 20-year prison term. Peter was indicted along with more than a dozen others in August 2017 for allegedly carrying out the BEC scam as well as fraudulent check and credit-card scams and a romance scam. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center’s annual cybercrime report found that BEC scams accounted for about $1.7 billion in losses in 2019.”]
Source: https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/alleged-bec-scammer-extradited-from-ghana-a-14912