A 33-year-old American, Darlington Otowan, who is a Petty Officer Second Class in the US Navy and lives in military housing, is facing a conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge, according to court documents.
Otowan is with a Norfolk-based Naval unit in Virginia.
The six-page court document lays out allegations of a conspiracy that involved several unidentified co-conspirators and several victims in the United States.
Records say Otowan was approached by a childhood friend four years ago and they allegedly discussed how he could make money by acting as a money exchange for people in Nigeria, which is his place of birth. Otowan is an American citizen.
The documents state he opened bank accounts, and from October 2015-April 2017 he would allegedly manage the money in the accounts.
They say the purpose of the scheme was for Otowan, “Conspirator-1,” their families and others to personally profit by using bank accounts opened and managed by Otowan to direct unlawfully obtain money.
“Conspirator-2” and others would engage in widespread fraud against U.S. citizens in order to get money that would allegedly be wired to Otowan’s account, records indicate.
“For example, Conspirator-2 approached a Jane Doe 1
Records also state Conspirator-2 allegedly defrauded a widow, “Jane Doe-2,” through a romance scheme.
They say “Conspirator-3” befriended the woman on social media, claiming to be a general in the U.S. Army assigned to the United Nations command. The suspect allegedly told the woman to send money to transfer a “consignment box” to Jane Doe-2 as well as to facilitate the supposed general’s extraction from the “war zone.”
Documents indicate there were at least six victims involved in similar schemes, all of whom allegedly sent money to Otowan’s accounts.
Records indicate Otowan would allegedly send money by wire from Virginia to his mother in Nigeria.
Three other victims wired $15,000, $15,000 and $24,500, respectively, according to the documents.
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