Three men, including two Nigerians, have been sentenced to a combined 28 years and nine months in prison for stealing nearly £5 million in cryptocurrency from victims through an elaborate fraud scheme.
Anthony Ikenwe, 29, Hamza Bashir, 23, and Kevin Nwamma, 25, were convicted of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering and sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday.
The trio reportedly posed as police officers and contacted victims, falsely claiming their cryptocurrency accounts had been compromised.
They then pressured them into sharing sensitive account details or transferring their digital assets to accounts they were told had been created for their protection.
However, the accounts were controlled by the fraudsters.
