Three alleged Nigerian scammers have been sentenced to long years imprisonment of three hundred and thirty two years in United States of America.
The three Nigerians, Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was sentenced to 95 years in prison; Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31, was given 115 years and Femi Alexander Mewase, 45, got 25 years behind bars, according to a report by https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com
The Nigerians was said to have befriended many of their victims online, were sentenced by a Mississippi court after making tens of millions of dollars from their schemes.
They were sentenced by a court in the Southern District of Mississippi, in February for mail fraud, wire fraud, identity theft, credit card fraud and theft of government property.
The duo of Ayelotan and Raheem were also found guilty of conspiracies to commit bank fraud and money laundering.
They were said to have involved in multiple internet fraud schemes, which has cost its victims to loss huge sums of money.
The department of justice said the convicts uses dating sites to establish a romantic relationship with their victims, who are ignorant of the scheme, and make them to send money, credit card number or participate in the scheme unknowingly.
It states that they make use of MoneyGram and Western union through which the money is wired. They also most times re-package and reship goods they obtain through fraudulent means.
The Department of Justice noted that about 21 defendants have already been charged, among which 12 of them have pleaded guilty of the charge. Also that 11 have been sentence to prison.
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