British man wanted in US ‘over role in £380m fraud’

A BRITISH man is being sought by US authorities in connection with an international gang accused of committing £380 million in cyber fraud.

Anthony Nnamdi Okeakpu, 29, was wanted on behalf of US authorities for allegedly being a member of the Infraud Organisation, the country’s department of justice said.

They described the case as “one of the largest cyber fraud enterprise prosecutions ever undertaken by the department of justice.”

City of London police were unable to confirm Mr Okeakpu’s whereabouts, but told The Daily Telegraph they had not made any arrests in connection with the case. The Met also said it had not made any arrests.

The US department of justice said he had not been arrested. He is one of 36 suspects from across the globe indicted over their roles within the group, which is said to have committed “large-scale acquisition, sale and dissemination” of stolen identities, debit and credit cards and other sensitive information.

One advert posted on the Infraud Organisation’s online forum in 2011 claimed to have 795,000 log-ins for British customers of HSBC, the indictment says.