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Invictus Obi: How Obi Nwanne went from Forbes to FBI, gets 10 years jail term

By Guardian Exclusive
17 February 2021   |   8:20 am
CEO of Nigerian firm Invictus Group, Obinwanne Okeke, was in August 2019 arrested for conspiracy to commit computer fraud and wire fraud by the FBI. The Nigerian entrepreneur and a Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 honoree Obinwanne Okeke was sentenced to a 10-year jail term for computer and wire fraud by an American court yesterday.

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