Fresno County fell victim to $1.6M phishing scam in 2020. One suspected has been arrested, another has been indicted.
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A federal grand jury indicted Jafaar September Nyangoro (Franklin, TN) and Peter Bah Acha (Berlin, Germany) for a 2020 phishing/BEC scheme that compromised a nonprofit finance director’s email at **Turning Point Solutions of Central California** to redirect over $1.6M in ACH payments from the **County of Fresno** to a fraudulent account; Nyangoro was arrested May 5, 2025, while Acha remains at large, per DOJ and court filings (USA v. Nyangoro et al., E.D. Cal., 1:2025cr00093).
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