A man involved in a scheme that cost a Lexington woman approximately $200,000 was sentenced to 60 months in prison on Friday.

Adedunmola Gbadegesin, a Nigerian citizen, pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy in September, according to court documents. A charge of wire fraud was dropped in the plea deal.

Prior to the final sentencing determination, Gbadegesin told the court he has accepted guilt for his actions and has moved on. He said he did what he did to feed his family but was apologetic for his actions.

Gbadegesin’s lawyer asked for a 36-month prison sentence while the prosecution recommended 63 months. U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell ultimately decided a 60-month sentence was appropriate along with a forfeiture of $38,000.

Gbadegesin was given credit for time served. He has been in custody since September 2021 when he was arrested in Nigeria.

Restitution for the case will be determined at a later date, as Caldwell wanted more time to review the entirety of the case.

Upon release from prison, Gbadegesin will be on supervised release for three years. It was also recommended that he participate in vocational programs while incarcerated.

Gbadegesin was part of a “romance scheme” that attempted to steal money from people on the internet. The conspirators would set up fake online profiles on dating websites then lure victims — many of them older women — into thinking they were in a relationship and milk them for money.

Three other conspirators, all of whom are from Nigeria but lived in the United States at the time, worked with Gbadegesin, who concealed the nature, source ownershop and control of the funds sent from the victims, according to court documents.

In one example of the scam, a Lexington woman in her 70s sent $200,000 to an account she believed was her boyfriend, but it was really one of the conspirators. She also took out a home-equity loan and wasn’t suspicious of the scam until the conspirator asked her to take out a second home-equity loan.

Another woman in western Kentucky lost $183,000 after being duped into believing her payments would qualify her for a grant.

Gbadegesin was indicted in October 2020. He was brought into federal custody in April when FBI special agents flew with him from Nigeria to Atlanta and then to Blue Grass Airport.

Three others have pleaded guilty in connection with the fraud: Ismaila Fafunmi, 36, who was sentenced to four years and three months in prison; Livingstone Otunuya Ineh Eqwem, who was sentenced to two years in prison; and Olatunbosun Oluwakayode Ajayi, 39, who was sentenced to a year and a day in prison.

Fafunmi lived in Indianapolis, Eqwem lived in Texas and Ajayi lived in Indianapolis and the Atlanta area at different times.

Federal authorities caution against sending money to people you’ve only had contact with by telephone or over the internet.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article272366938.html


Previous thread: https://www.nairaland.com/7099292/nigerian-fraud-suspect-extradited-u.s#11231902 (He was extradited to the US in April last year)

Afonjas are all Yahoo boys

Ofcourse...

Ndi accommodators

Yahoo yahoo is very wrong and should be stopped by all means..

Yahoo yahoo is a key inflator and bad for society!

Na them

Our problem now is Naira scarcity

fman:
Afonjas are all Yahoo boys

I hope you can take the heat when it involves a drug dealer

Fake news 🤣🤣😁😁🤣

The miscreant resemble yarimo aka parachoko

Upcoming tifnubu

Tomorrow the idi0t will come down to Nigeria to contest for public position.

C

Love affair
How to find love in Nigeria

Name checkers ticket Don cut this time around

Afon...

One those things in life!

Future governor of yorubaland

He will be freed after doing his time, come back to Nigeria to run for House of Representatives and win.

Forget culture and religion, Nigeria is a country without values. And we still wonder why we have some of the world's worst leaders.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Do the crime, do the time, simple.

To all the drug pushers, scammers, ritualists, kidnappers, corrupt politicians and terrorists (Boko Haram, ISWAP, IPOB Gunmen) in all parts of Nigeria, imprisonment and death sentence will visit your doorstep very soon.

Change now or perish!

He price market, them sell am for am.

And, Nigeria Court will sentence an internet fraudster that stole the same amount or more to 3-6 months imprisonment with an option of 1 million naira fine.
Our constitution has so many loopholes that needs to be review asap.

East vs South West.

fman:
Afonjas are all Yahoo boys

Better afonja.. look at the tribal mark u go know

Russian mobsters have been scamming and stealing from USA more than all of Africa combined but they the FBI don't have the balls to pick them up. They only bark at you guys cos they know your governments and people are cowards with no sense of value.

You all turn on yourselves in a bid to score cheap morality points.

Before you pour your holier than thou sentimental arguments, ask yourself if the can US allow our own EFCC fly to Texas and arrest an American citizen on US soil for fraud?

Probably an agbadorian

Stop fraud please.

Only 60 months , throw the book at him

Look his his coconut head. Adojuti eni

Iwa buruku ko niran(bad character is not peculiar to a tribe). I condemn this in a strong term. Work legit and pray God blesses the work of your hands. When.you're looking for a quick way of making money, a quick reward awaits you.