Eight people were charged in federal court this month with felony wire fraud in connection with a scheme to steal more than $1 million from two online shopping companies, including one based in San Francisco. The charges include one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, eight counts of wire fraud, and aiding and abetting, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California’s office. The eight are residents of various cities in Michigan, Ohio, Oregon and California. The case remained under seal as of Sunday. The eight defendants are accused of gaining access to the accounts of shoppers that work for the companies, then placing orders on the accounts, which would load the accounts temporarily with a cash amount the shopper would supposedly buy the groceries with. Instead, the defendants allegedly bought gift cards with the accounts and cancelled the grocery order. The gift cards were allegedly then used to buy cryptocurrency and make online purchases. The companies, the other of which was based in Birmingham, Alabama, were defrauded of more than $1 million, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California’s office. All are free on bail. Their next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 25 in Oakland.
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No names,you can’t pronounce them.
Names? Photos? prosecute to the full extent Becton..
Becton has nothing to do with this case. It’s a federal rap, which means it is under the
jurisdiction of the DOJ. With Pam Bondi as the US Attorney General, I have a feeling they
will be doing some serious time.
According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California this was a joint investigation between the San Francisco Offices of the FBI and US Secret Service. The Arrestees are:
Abdulkadir Mohamed Ali, age 31, of Portland, Oregon;
Mazen Mohamed Hassan, age 24, of Columbus, Ohio;
Ahmed Mohamed Ali, age 36, of Troy, Michigan;
Abdirahman Abdalla Mahamed, age 28, of San Diego, California;
Hussein Mohamed Ali, age 27, of Troy, Michigan;
Abubakar Mohamed Ali, age 29, of Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Omar Mohamed Ali, age 23, of Troy, Michigan;
Yusuf Mohamed Ali, age 26, of Westerville, Ohio.
If convicted, defendants each face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for each count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349 and wire fraud and aiding and abetting in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.
That’s one Mohamed too many…