NIGERIAN MAN JAILED IN U.S. OVER WIRE FRAUD, $2.5M RESTITUTION CASE
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
A Nigerian man, Adepoju Salako, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in the United States for wire fraud involving a 2022 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) fraud scheme targeting the Alaska Department of Revenue programme.
Salako, a 33-year-old resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Tuesday following court documents that detailed his fraudulent activities between January and February 2022.
The case was disclosed in a statement published on the U.S. Department of Justice website on Friday.
According to court documents, Salako allegedly obtained the personal identifying information of legitimate Alaskan residents and used it to submit seven separate applications to the Alaska Department of Revenue in order to fraudulently obtain PFD funds.
He was reportedly never a resident of Alaska and had not travelled to the state until his appearance for sentencing.
The DOJ further stated that Salako created multiple email accounts under his control for each of the affected individuals whose personal data he allegedly used in the scheme.
He pleaded guilty to seven counts of wire fraud.
Court records also show that his sentence will run concurrently with a separate case involving COVID-19 relief fraud and international money laundering in the District of Colorado, where he was previously sentenced to six and a half years in prison and ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution to victims.
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