Obinwanne Okeke, the Nigerian businessman known as Invictus Obi, who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for fraud in the United States, has been released from custody.
Checks on the website of the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) indicate that Okeke was no longer in custody as of Wednesday, December 23, 2025.
The BOP record shows that Okeke was “Not in BOP Custody as of: 12/23/2025.”
In February 2021, Okeke, Invictus Obi, pleaded guilty to charges bordering on wire fraud and was subsequently sentenced to a 10-year jail term over an $11 million fraud scheme.
Based on the original sentence, the Nigerian entrepreneur was expected to remain in custody until September 3, 2028.
Full details surrounding his release remains unclear whether the sentence was reduced, commuted, or converted to supervised release or another form of legal reprieve.
The possibility that Okeke was transferred to a state correctional facility is considered unlikely, given that he was convicted and sentenced for federal offences.
Obinwanne Okeke was arrested by operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2019 at the Dulles International Airport while attempting to leave the United States over his alleged involvement in an $11 million internet fraud scheme.
He and his accomplices were accused of orchestrating a business email compromise scheme targeting Unatrac Holding Limited, the export sales office for Caterpillar heavy industrial and agricultural equipment.
In April 2018, a senior executive of Unatrac reportedly fell victim to a phishing email that enabled the conspirators to obtain login credentials. The group then sent fraudulent wire transfer requests accompanied by forged invoices, leading to substantial financial losses.
Before his conviction, Okeke had gained international recognition and was once listed by Forbes as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans.