Novel Twist in Old Swindle Ends in Arrest

To carry out the elaborate scheme, prosecutors in New York said on Friday, the man, identified as Paul Gabriel Amos, 37, a Nigerian citizen who lived in Singapore, worked with others to create official-looking documents that instructed Citibank to wire the money in two dozen transactions to accounts that Mr. Amos and the others controlled around the world.

The money came from a Citibank account in New York held by the National Bank ofEthiopia, that country’s central bank. Prosecutors said the conspirators, contacted by Citibank to verify the transactions, posed as Ethiopian bank officials and approved thetransfers.

郎咸平：其实中国和俄罗斯都被算计了

遇到这种情况，中国人会使用黑道的。但是，问题是，别人是通过正常的商业规则算计你的，你使用黑道的话就不文明了。