DOJ says the airmen diverted more than $2.4 million
Assessment
OGUN Security attributed 'more than $2.4 million' to the Department of Justice, and Sahara Reporters wrote that the scheme 'defrauded businesses and other organisations of more than $2.4 million.' DOJ's release states no total. It itemises two diverted wires, more than $1.68 million and more than $720,000, which sum to about $2.4 million gross. Gross is not loss. Athens recovered $205,000 from the frozen account and $200,000 from insurance, and the restitution orders ($995,680.45 against Mogaji; $366,617.59 against Odimegwu, all of it joint and several with Mogaji) are far below $2.4 million. The figure is press arithmetic presented as DOJ's own, and it reads as a loss total it is not.
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OGUN Security Research and Strategic Consulting · 2026-09-30
https://www.ogunsecurity.com/post/the-enemy-in-uniform-what-two-airmen-s-multimillion-dollar-phishing-scheme-teaches-about-insider-thWhat “Weak Evidence” means
Evidence exists but is thin, circumstantial, or explicitly qualified as weak by the source that published it. Shared hosting infrastructure between threat clusters is the recurring example.
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