LAKE CITY, UTAH— A grand jury in Salt Lake City found 26-year-old Clinton Uchendu guilty of a scam that lasted for years and cost victims more than $600,000. This was announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah.
Uchendu is accused of plotting to hide money, mail fraud, and running a money-transfer business without a license.
There is a statement that says Uchendu was involved in the scam as a “picker” who set up bank accounts in Nigeria for his co-defendants so they could hide money.
Uchendu is linked to Utah because he “operated an unlicensed money transmitting business in the District of Utah” with other defendants who were “known and unknown to the Grand Jury.”
The office also said that several victims at the trial said they had lost “hundreds of thousands of dollars.” They also said that evidence showed Uchendu “receiving money from dozens of people from around the United States.” He then put the money into accounts in Nigeria, but kept some for himself.
The judge will decide Uchendu’s sentence on June 7 at the Orrin G. Hatch US District Courthouse in Salt Lake City.