Imperial Valley News Imperial Valley News Center Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison for Helping to Receive and Launder Ill-Gotten Proceeds of BEC Scams Details Written by FBI Los Angeles, California - A New York man was sentenced Monday to 46 months in federal prison for participating in business email compromise (BEC) scams, including one in which $420,000 was stolen from a victim’s life insurance account, then deposited and laundered in various bank accounts set up in the names of other people. Sunday Anyika, 56, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge John F. Walter, who also ordered him to pay $1,129,515 in restitution. Anyika pleaded guilty on January 26 to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. At today’s hearing, Judge Walter called the BEC scheme “malicious and extensive” and stated it caused “huge losses to unsuspecting victims.”