Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Foreign

US court jails Nigerian for $7.8m lottery fraud

​ The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California has sentenced Adedayo Akinwunmi Agbayewa to prison. The 45-year-old resident of College Park in Georgia will spend five years behind bars for an international fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced the convict was ordered to pay $7,784,415 in restitution for mail fraud and money laundering conspiracy. ADVERT : Al-iman thrift wear, the best wear you can trust The Nigerian and his co‑conspirators were involved in a lottery or sweepstakes telemarketing enterprise that hoodwinked elderly victims. Using pseudonyms, they informed their targets by mail or telephone that they had won sweepstakes or lottery and must first pay taxes or fees. The victims mailed checks or deposited money into bank accounts provided by the individuals but never received any prize money. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christina McCall prosecuted the case, the product of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) a...