By KAVITA MOKHA

Last updated: 3:14 am
February 21, 2009
Posted: 2:42 am
February 21, 2009

A Nigerian man helped steal $27.2 million from a Citibank account belonging to the National Bank of Ethiopia in an elaborate international scheme, federal prosecutors charged yesterday.

Prosecutors said Paul Amos, 37, and his co-conspirators sent to Citibank bogus documents seeking to transfer money out of NBE’s account.

The fake documents led Citibank to wire-transfer approximately $27 million to accounts held by Amos and the co-conspirators.

His lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, said her client was in “plea negotiations” with the government.