Adedayo Akinwunmi Agbayewa was given a jail term by the Eastern District of California United States District Court.Infomation Guide Nigeria
The 45–year-old inhabitant of College Park, Georgia, will serve five years in prison for an international fraud scheme.
The defendant was sentenced to pay $7,784,415 in restitution for a conspiracy involving mail fraud and money laundering, according to US Attorney Phillip A. Talbert.Jamb Result
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The Nigerian and his accomplices ran a lottery or sweepstakes telemarketing operation that conned elderly clients.
They contacted their targets by phone or letter, using pseudonyms, to inform them that they had won a lottery or sweepstakes, but that they first needed to pay taxes or other expenses.