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Nigerian National Sentenced for Tax Firm Hacking and Fraudulent Refunds

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Matthew Abiodun Akande, a 37-year-old Nigerian national, was sentenced to eight years in prison for hacking multiple tax preparation firms in Massachusetts. He stole clients' personal information to file over 1,000 fraudulent tax returns, seeking $8.1 million in refunds and successfully obtaining $1.3 million between June 2016 and June 2021. Akande used Warzone RAT malware and phishing emails to gain access to the firms' systems. Akande was arrested in October 2024 at London's Heathrow Airport and extradited to the United States in March 2025. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2022 while living in Mexico.

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  1. 19.02.2026 15:51 1 articles · 8h ago

    Nigerian National Sentenced for Hacking Tax Firms

    Matthew Abiodun Akande was sentenced to eight years in prison for hacking multiple tax preparation firms in Massachusetts. He stole clients' personal information to file over 1,000 fraudulent tax returns, seeking $8.1 million in refunds and successfully obtaining $1.3 million between June 2016 and June 2021. Akande used Warzone RAT malware and phishing emails to gain access to the firms' systems.

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