Overview
- Ujah, listed in court as Chijindu Ujah, and eight other defendants pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to defraud at Chelmsford Crown Court.
- Prosecutors say the alleged scheme used phone calls from people posing as police officers or representatives of cryptocurrency companies to trick victims into giving security details and having funds taken from their wallets.
- The case follows an ERSOU investigation that included coordinated search warrants in Kent, Essex and London on April 29 and one victim is reported to have lost more than £300,000.
- One co-defendant, Brandon Mingeli, denied converting criminal property but admitted possessing two false identity documents, and another defendant will enter a plea at a later date.
- The court listed a 12-week trial to start on May 24, 2027, the next procedural hearing is set for September 9, 2026, and the proceedings add fresh reputational stakes for Ujah given his prior high-profile Tokyo doping case.