Georgia Woman Sentenced for $1 Million Wire Fraud

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Chisom Okonkwo, age 29, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was sentenced today to 7 months in prison for wire fraud.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Okonkwo and another defendant created an email address that spoofed that of an employee at a Gilmer County business, causing a vendor to send more than $1 million to a bank account controlled by the defendants. Okonkwo and the co-defendant expended more than $600,000 of the stolen funds before the scheme was discovered.

Okonkwo was ordered to pay $610,146.03 in restitution.

The second defendant, Prince Boateng Adjei, 31, also of Lawrenceville, Georgia, will be sentenced at a later date.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jarod Douglas prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

The United States Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General investigated the case.

Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.