A United States Federal High Court sitting in Houston, Texas, has sentenced Nigerian internet fraudster, Hammed Akinola (aka Yahoo Boy) and his American accomplice, James Campbell, to about 23 years imprisonment for defrauding about 45 victims the sum of $10million.
Igbere TV gathered that while Akinola bagged 180 months jail term, his American accomplice was jailed 90 months, for a $10 million fraud.
The sentence was ordered by a District Judge of the High Court, following investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
In a statement issued by the U.S Justice Department and sighted by Igbere TV, the Judge, David Hittner handed the sentence on April 12, after both men pleaded guilty to the charges.
They were found to have taken or attempted to take large sums of money from roughly 45 victims, who thought they were sending their money to a title company to close on a home.
Unknown to them, the money was fraudulently being transferred to a bank in Houston controlled by the defendants.
Judge Hittner noted that the defendants “ruined many Americans’ lives”, while the banks took a large hit as well.
