Another Nigerian internet
fraudster have been busted in
the United State, he pleads
guilty to scamming and
blackmailing hundreds of women
across the U.S and now he faces 127 years in prison A Nigerian man is facing federal
charges in the U.S for preying on
and targeting hundreds of them
including residents of the St. Louis
area, using fake dating profiles in
order to extort money from them. Olayinka Ilumsa Sunmola, 32, on
Wednesday, March 2, pleaded
guilty to eight counts of a federal
indictment and admitted that he
was the ringleader of a group that
successfully wooed hundreds of women online, then convinced
them to send cash to bail him out of
phony emergencies.. Sunmola seduced women online by
creating fake online profiles using
photos and names of real American
men, including claiming to a former
U.S. soldier. He sent flowers,
candies, stuffed animals and more to his victims, conning them into
believing that each was his true
love. Once the women were
convinced of his love

for them, he would request money from them claiming phony emergencies. Some of the women sent thousands of dollars. The victims were not named but lived around the country, including in Mascoutah and Bond County in Illinois and St. Charles and St. Louis counties in Missouri. In one case, Sunmola tricked one woman into cashing counterfeit or stolen traveler’s checks. She contemplated suicide when arrested. He lured another into performing sexual acts, which he recorded via webcam, they said. He then threatened to ruin her life by publishing the recordings online if she didn’t send him cash, warning that by the time he was done with her she would want to kill herself.

A Bond County woman bought electronics and shipped them to Sunmola, reshipped items he’d bought using stolen credit card information and took out cash advances on a credit card, forcing herself into bankruptcy with debts of at least $98,000, the indictment claims. The investigation included the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Trade Commission, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Secret Service and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, as well as South African officials, who investigated Sunmola’s activities there and started forfeiture proceedings for his assets there. Sunmola was indicted in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis in 2013 on mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, and interstate extortion charges. He was arrested in August 2014 by Scotland Yard as he was about to board a flight from London to South Africa, then extradited here to face the charges. “Basically, the evidence established that Sunmola, a citizen of the federal Republic of Nigeria,

was a ringleader of a criminal organization operating withing South Africa that targeted and stole from hundreds of women across the United States,” Acting United States Attorney James Porter stated. “Our office will continue to pursue justice for these victims in Sunmola’s prison sentence and in our never-ending efforts to get restitution.” Porter added. Sentencing has been set for June 17, 2016. Sunmola could get up to 127 years and a fine of $250,000 for each counts he faces.

Choi

Where are all the posters who say that the Igbos are the ones committing crimes abroad? I'm not a tribalist so I recognise that criminals come in all shapes and sizes but Nigerians need to be educated on the true make up of Nigerian criminals abroad- who knows, it might just prevent them from becoming a victim.

God will purnish this guy, it will not be good for him, to spoil nigeria name in Europe, Amen.

Bro , united state ain't Europe

franklin007:
God will purnish this guy, it will not be good for him,
to spoil nigeria name in Europe, Amen.

But how many people live up to 127 years?

He's never going to come out alive.

Brimstone1:
But how many people live up to 127 years?

Brimstone1:
But how many people live up to 127 years?

The judge will be in a better position to answer question