Gbenga Ogundele aka Benson Ogundele, 58 residing in Laurel,
Maryland has been sentenced to 234 months in prison over a conspiracy to commit
wire fraud and money laundering arising from a scheme to defraud vulnerable
victims of millions of dollars. Moji Popoola, 42 wife to Ogundele was also sentenced
to 18 months in prison with three years of supervised release. The
judge ordered Ogundele to forfeit $2,195,103.36, Mojisola Popoola to forfeit
approximately $165,000 and to pay restitution of $34,100, and Emmanuel to pay
restitution of $465,170.76.
According
to the evidence presented during their trial, from January 2011 to May 18,
2015, the convicts initiated romantic relationships with elderly male and
female individuals on online dating sites. They phoned, e-mailed, texted and
used Internet chat messenger services to form romantic relationships with the
victims, who lived in Maryland and around the country.
The convicts were said to have used a false stories and
promises to persuade unsuspecting victims to provide cash to the conspirators,
including fake hospital bills, plane trips to visit the victims, problems with
overseas businesses and foreign taxes. The conspirators opened bank accounts in
order to receive millions of dollars from the victims. Oloyede, a
co-conspirator was sentenced to 234 months in prison. Awolaja, Ogunseye, and
Williams pleaded guilty to the charges against them. Awolaja will be sentenced
on June 12, 2017, Ogunseye, on July 25, 2017, and Williams, on July 27, 2017.
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