Nigerian Jailed For 78 Months In US For Marriage Frauds
October 25, 2019
10:50 am
A Nigerian national resident in Atlanta, Georgia, Olufolajimi Abegunde has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for cyber fraud.
Abegunde, an MBA graduate from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, who also ordered to pay $57,911.62 in restitution to the victims of his offense, a statement by the United States Department of Justice said.
Abegunde, 32, and Javier Luis Ramos-Alonso, 29, were both charged in a criminal organisation in which members “spoofed” emails and created fake profiles on dating websites.
The court said Abegeunde played a key role, along with Ramos-Alonso, in laundering fraud funds from an October …
