Ex-US Defence official who laundered millions for Nigerian scammers freed

A erstwhile United States Department of Defence official, Samuel Marcus, who pleaded blameworthy to helping Nigeria-based fraudsters launder millions of dollars, has been released from situation aft serving little than 9 months. Marcus, 34, was released aft a US national tribunal credited him for the clip helium had spent successful custody portion awaiting trial, ruling that helium had served capable clip for the offence. Recall that Marcus pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of concealment of wealth laundering earlier US District Judge Joel Slomsky. He was arrested and indicted by the US Department of Justice successful February and initially faced a imaginable condemnation of up to 100 years successful prison. Prosecutors alleged that Marcus participated successful the strategy betwixt July 2023 and December 2025 portion moving arsenic a logistics specializer with the Department of Defence. According to the prosecution, helium acted arsenic a wealth mule for online fraudsters operating from Nigeria nether aliases including ‘Rachel Jude’ and ‘Ned McMurray’. Marcus allegedly received proceeds from fraudulent activities into his idiosyncratic and concern slope accounts earlier transferring the wealth to accounts controlled by the transgression radical successful Nigeria. Prosecutors further alleged that helium continued to assistance the fraudsters adjacent aft Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, agents informed him that the funds passing done his accounts were stolen and that the transactions were accordant with wealth laundering. At hi...