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A Nigerian man was extradited to the United States by France to face the hacking accusation of computers, fraud and identity theft, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

Chukwuemeka Victor Victor Amachukwu, 39 years old, and co -ospacers based in Nigeria presumably have violated the preparation of US taxes, stole the customer identification information and presented fraudulent tax declarations.

They obtained at least 2.5 million dollars in tax reimbursements from the Internal Revenue Service, said the Department of Justice in a note.

“Amachukwu presumably took part in a separate fraud scheme that promised his victims precious investments that did not actually exist,” said American lawyer Jay Clayton for the southern district of New York.

In addition to these schemes, Amachukwu would have used stolen identities to present fraudulent requests with the loan program for the catastrophes of the Small Business Administration, managing to obtain further $ 819,000 in fraudulent payments, said the Department of Justice.

Amachukwu was arrested in France at the request of the United States and extradited to New York on Monday.

It potentially faces decades behind bars if condemned by conspiracy to commit intrusions of computers, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, cable fraud and identity theft.

AFP

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