Case Number: 0:21-cr-00106
Court: United States District Court for the District of Minneapolis (Hennepin County)
Attorney: Andrew M. Luger
Prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Svendsen and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Miranda E. Dugi.
Defendants: Olumide Obidare, 29, and Stephen Oseghale, 29
Judge: Nancy E. Brasel
Timeline: 2016 through March 2021
Type of Scam: business email compromise (BEC) and romance scam Approximate
Amount: $2,114,893.91
Case Summary:
Defendants obtained false identification documents, including passports and driver’s licenses, and used them to open bank accounts at various banks throughout the United States. The defendants transferred the proceeds of their online romance fraud scams and BEC schemes to bank accounts under their control. The investigation was conducted by the FBI.
Court Results:
The U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced Obidare to 132 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $1,955,507.53 in restitution. Oseghale, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, was sentenced on August 16, 2022, to 80 months in prison followed by three years on supervised release, and ordered to pay $453,889.27 in restitution.
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