33 cyber criminals were arrested across Northern and Eastern Texas for conducting Business Email Compromises (BECs) and Romance scams that robbed victims of more than $17 million. The criminals were found to be members of Black Axe, a criminal group originating from Nigeria and linked to the Neo Black Movement, a Nigerian college fraternity originally founded to fight racism but which is now regarded as a cult, secret society and confraternity.
The group had been active since 2017 and had stolen money through BEC and romance scams on popular sites such as Match.com, ChristianMingle, JSwipe, and Plenty of Fish