Vanguard reports:
A Nigerian man has been extradited to the United States from France to face charges of computer hacking, fraud and identity theft, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, 39, and Nigeria-based co-conspirators allegedly hacked US-tax preparation businesses, stole customers’ identifying information and filed fraudulent tax returns.
They obtained at least $2.5 million in tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department said in a statement.
[…]
Amachukwu was arrested in France at the request of the United States and extradited to New York on Monday.
Read more at Vanguard.