Man Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Romance Scam
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Clinton Chukudi Uchendu, 26, from Dunwoody, GA, was sentenced to over two years in prison on Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Jill N. Parrish,…
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Clinton Chukudi Uchendu, 26, from Dunwoody, GA, was sentenced to over two years in prison on Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Jill N. Parrish,…
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Ivan J. Arvelo, Special Agent-in-Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, New York (HSI), announced the sentence. Earlier today, at…
PROVIDENCE, RI – In a significant legal development, Syretta Scherer, a 42-year-old from Snellville, GA, has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for her involvement in a…
With the influx of New Year’s greetings in your social media and mailboxes, vigilance is crucial, especially with messages from unknown sources. These could be from romance scammers, not long-lost…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that a jury returned a guilty verdict against NADINE JAZIMNE WADE on all four counts…
An Aubrey woman was convicted at trial Thursday of defrauding elderly victims in romance schemes, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. After 7 days of…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Coon Rapids man has been sentenced to 36 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and required to pay $1,356,995 in restitution for a…
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Ishmael Kayede, 40, of Woodbridge, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for his role in a money laundering operation connected to romance and investment fraud…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau…
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Adetomiwa Seun Akindele, age 37, of Minnesota, has been indicted on 10 counts of wire fraud…
A romance scammer with ties to a Nigerian organized crime syndicate was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of…
LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for defrauding 19 victims – some of whom he developed romantic relationships with – and…
ATLANTA – Elvis Eghosa Ogiekpolor has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering after being convicted at trial. Ogiekpolor opened…
ATLANTA – Elvis Eghosa Ogiekpolor has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering after being convicted at trial. Ogiekpolor opened…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Oluwabamishe Awolesi, 29, of Beltsville, Maryland, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation, including 60 days on home detention, and ordered to pay $90,000 in…
BOSTON – A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with a wire fraud and money laundering scheme involving funds obtained from “romance scam” victims. …
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Brian Brainard Wedgeworth (a/k/a “Dr. Brian Anderson,” a/k/a “Dr. Anthony Watkins,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Adams,” a/k/a “Dr. Edward Chen,” a/k/a “Dr. Brian Chris,” a/k/a “Dr. Chris Williamson,”…
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Charles K. Egunjobi, age 48, of Waldorf, Maryland, with operating an unlicensed money service business relating to numerous online…
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Banabas Ganidekam, 25, of Ghana, was sentenced today to three years of federal probation, including eight months on home detention with electronic monitoring, and ordered to pay…
ST. LOUIS – A woman from Ohio on Monday admitted lying about a missing teen in an attempt to recover money that was intercepted on its way to romance scammers.…
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal criminal complaint has been filed charging Isidore Iwuagwu, age 35, of Upper Malboro, Maryland, with the federal charge of conspiring to commit money laundering related…
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FAROUQ FASASI, 28, of Manchester, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport…
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RALPH PIERRE, 32, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in…
HUNTINGTON W.Va. – A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to receipt of stolen money, for his role in a scheme that defrauded more than 200 victims, many of them elderly,…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal jury has convicted a Canal Winchester man of 35 counts of money laundering crimes related to an online romance fraud scheme. The verdict was…