GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Two men are headed to prison for their involvement in several cyber fraud schemes.
On Wednesday, Ugochinyere Anazodo, 46, of Gwinnett County, and Dominique Beaulieu, 45, of Windermere, Fla., were convicted of participating in several cyber fraud schemes. The victims included small businesses, governments and individuals, who lost money through scams such as Business Email Compromise (BEC), romance and confidence fraud, inheritance, and identity theft.
According to the attorney general’s office, the Georgia Department of Transportation was fraudulently induced to pay a legitimate vendor’s invoices to the two convicted after the vendor fell victim to a BEC scam. Officials also said a private citizen was conned by a man she believed she could trust. Her money flowed to Anazodo through four separate business bank accounts – all of which had been established using the stolen identities of Georgia citizens.
On Aug. 29, 2024, after a nine-day trial, a Gwinnett County jury found Anazodo guilty of two counts of racketeering, theft by taking and money laundering. He was sentenced to 20 years, with the first 10 years to be served in prison.