Ajibade apologized in court Thursday for the fraud. The judge said he seemed remorseful.

Maxymilliano:
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He will obviously get off with a light sentence since he's already a citizen with positive records and a first time offender.

Highlandgee:
An Uber driver from Ontario who defrauded the Town of Bridgewater, N.S., out of nearly $500,000 was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison.

Prosecutor Keavin-Mathieu Gallant Finnerty said in a statement the Crown got the sentence it was seeking for Ayoola Ajibade, 53. He noted the maximum sentence for an offence of this nature is 14 years.

The fraud stemmed from October 2019 when Ajibade posed as an executive with Dexter Construction and requested forms from the town to allow the Bedford, N.S.-based company to receive payment via electronic transfer rather than cheque. He had no connection to Dexter, which does work for the town.

At the time, the town was recommending its vendors switch from being paid by cheque to electronic funds transfer, so the request didn’t seem unusual.

After Bridgewater received an invoice from Dexter Construction for legitimate work, it wired a payment of $490,930.43 in early November into a Scotiabank account in Brampton, Ont., that belonged to Ajibade.

It would be another six weeks before the town learned of the fraud.

The town also wired payments of $226,583.41 and $17,040.75 to Ajibade’s account in mid-December, but the payments were rejected by Scotiabank.

Scovil noted during sentencing that a pre-sentence report found Ajibade had a positive work history and no prior criminal record. He said Ajibade is a Nigerian immigrant who obtained Canadian citizenship, and has good support in his local community.
Ajibade apologized in court Thursday for the fraud. The judge said he seemed remorseful.

How the town got the money back

The town spent almost eight months trying to recoup the $490,930.43 and had to get a court order in August 2020 forcing Scotiabank to return the money. Documents previously obtained through an access-to-information request reveal the town spent an estimated $5,000 on legal fees to resolve the matter.

The criminal case went to trial in August 2021, and Ajibade was convicted in earlier this year.

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Maxymilliano:
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He will obviously get off with a light sentence since he's already a citizen with positive records and a first time offender.

Highlandgee:


Yes, also because the city has already recovered the money.

Highlandgee:
An Uber driver from Ontario who defrauded the Town of Bridgewater, N.S., out of nearly $500,000 was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison.

Prosecutor Keavin-Mathieu Gallant Finnerty said in a statement the Crown got the sentence it was seeking for Ayoola Ajibade, 53. He noted the maximum sentence for an offence of this nature is 14 years.

The fraud stemmed from October 2019 when Ajibade posed as an executive with Dexter Construction and requested forms from the town to allow the Bedford, N.S.-based company to receive payment via electronic transfer rather than cheque. He had no connection to Dexter, which does work for the town.

At the time, the town was recommending its vendors switch from being paid by cheque to electronic funds transfer, so the request didn’t seem unusual.

After Bridgewater received an invoice from Dexter Construction for legitimate work, it wired a payment of $490,930.43 in early November into a Scotiabank account in Brampton, Ont., that belonged to Ajibade.

It would be another six weeks before the town learned of the fraud.

The town also wired payments of $226,583.41 and $17,040.75 to Ajibade’s account in mid-December, but the payments were rejected by Scotiabank.

Scovil noted during sentencing that a pre-sentence report found Ajibade had a positive work history and no prior criminal record. He said Ajibade is a Nigerian immigrant who obtained Canadian citizenship, and has good support in his local community.
Ajibade apologized in court Thursday for the fraud. The judge said he seemed remorseful.

How the town got the money back

The town spent almost eight months trying to recoup the $490,930.43 and had to get a court order in August 2020 forcing Scotiabank to return the money. Documents previously obtained through an access-to-information request reveal the town spent an estimated $5,000 on legal fees to resolve the matter.

The criminal case went to trial in August 2021, and Ajibade was convicted in earlier this year.

Source: https://afrotimesnews.com/2022/06/05/nigerian-man-who-defrauded-canadian-town-of-almost-500k-gets-3-years-in-prison-2/