Babatunde Ayeni, an internet fraudster, has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment and ordered him to pay approximately $20 million to victims of his scam by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Mr Ayeni had pleaded guilty to the fraud charge, leading the judge to hand him a 120-month sentence.
Although he has not defraud anyone since April 2019, judge Terry Moorer on October 31 ordered him to pay $19,599,969 million as restitution to all the individuals and entities he defrauded.
The restitution is to be paid alongside co-conspirators Feyisayo Oyindola Oginsanwo and Yusuf Olasunkanmi Lasisi.
Meanwhile, the U.S. immigration authority will determine whether Mr Ayeni will be deported immediately after serving his sentence or if he will be allowed to stay in America under three years of supervised release with stringent rules.
Mr Ayeni’s prosecution for fraud on foreign soil adds to a long list of Nigerians who have been jailed by various U.S. courts including Bola Bobo Chicago, Ray Hushpuppi, Mr Woodberry and so on.
Among the list of Nigerian fraudsters convicted in the U.S. was also Abidemi Rufai, an ally of Ogun governor Dapo Abiodun but was released last month.
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