Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known was Invictus Obi, will be released from an American prison in September 2028. The United States Federal Bureau of Prisons disclosed this via a statement on its website. Mr. Okeke is being held at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Oakdale. FCI, Oakdale located in Allen, Western Louisiana is a low security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp. It has a population of 1,083 male inmates. It is an all-male inmates facility, with 997 inmates in the FCI and 86 at the camp. He was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison earlier in the year after he was linked to a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that resulted in approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims. On September 9, 2019, he was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer fraud.
The Nigerian, who initially denied the charges, later entered into a plea bargain agreement with the US authorities and pleaded guilty to Count I on June 18, 2020.
The guilty plea assisted him to secure the withdrawal of the second charge that carries lesser sentence and fines.
He was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) at Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on August 6, 2019, on a criminal complaint of computer and wire fraud to defraud Unatrac Holding Limited which is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
FBI operatives arrested him as he prepared to depart the U.S after a visit to witness the birth of his 19-month-old daughter born on July 15, 2019.
Okeke, a businessman with international fame, was featured on the Forbes Africa Magazine in June 2016 cover.
He is said to have a degree in International Studies and Forensic Criminology and Masters of International Relations and Counter-Terrorism Studies from Monash University in Australia.
Okeke was also ordered to restitute about $10.7 million (N6.9 billion) which he fraudulently obtained from identified victims of his at least five years of wire fraud in the U.S and other places.
